Violence-inflicted injuries: Reporting laws in the fifty states

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-60

  Houry, Debra ^a   Sachs, Carolyn J ^b   Feldhaus, Kim M ^a   Linden, Judith ^c  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FIREARM; INJURY; KNIFE CUT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

EID: 0036147266     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.117759     Document Type: Article

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