Screening for intimate partner violence in the emergency department: Where do we go from here?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 493-495

  Heron, Sheryl L ^a   Kellermann, Arthur L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0036827892     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2002.128828     Document Type: Article

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