Do criminals go to the hospital when they are shot?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 236-238

  May, John P ^a   Hemenway, D ^b   Hall, A ^c  

^a South Florida Reception Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRIME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRISONER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIME; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRISONERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0036716099     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.3.236     Document Type: Article

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