Medical care solicitation by criminals with gunshot wound injuries: A survey of Washington, DC, jail detainees

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-132

  May, John P ^a   Hemenway, David ^b   Oen, Roger ^c   Pitts, Khalid R ^d  

^a Prison Health Services Inc ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Ctrl Detention Facil Hlth Serv   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033977741     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200001000-00023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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