Identification and characteristics of victims of violence identified by emergency physicians, triage nurses, and the police

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-323

  Howe, Andy ^a   Crilly, M ^b  

^a East Lancashire Public Health Network   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; TRIAGE; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2342488960     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.4.321     Document Type: Article

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