Relations between violence, calendar events and ambient conditions

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 467-473

  Sivarajasingam, Vaseekaran ^a   Corcoran, Jonathan ^b   Jones, David ^b   Ware, Andrew ^b   Shepherd, Jonathan ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and Emergency; Association; Calendar events; City centre; Injury; Rainfall; Seasonality; Sunshine; Temperature; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPORTS; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE; WALES; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1842765625     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00241-9     Document Type: Article

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