Epidemiology of violent deaths in the world

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 104-111

  Reza, A ^a,c   Mercy, James A ^a   Krug, E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Homicide; Suicide; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WAR CRIMES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035378623     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.2.104     Document Type: Article

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