Incidence and prevalence of domestic violence in a UK emergency deparment

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 438-442

  Boyle, A A ^a   Todd, C ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOMUTILATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141607815     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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