Prevalence of victims of violence admitted to an emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 481-485

  Hofner, Marie Claude ^a   Python, N V ^a   Martin, E ^a   Gervasoni, J P ^a   Graz, B ^b   Yersin, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INJURY; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGISTRATION; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; SKILL; SWITZERLAND; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 21644480691     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.013979     Document Type: Article

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