What distinguishes unintentional injuries from injuries due to intimate partner violence: A study in Greek ambulatory care settings

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-201

  Petridou, Eleni ^a,b   Browne, A ^b   Lichter, E ^b   Dedoukou, X ^a   Alexe, D ^a   Dessypris, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036717989     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.3.197     Document Type: Article

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