Violence related injuries, deaths and disabilities in the capital of Honduras

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 428-434

  Yacoub, Sophie ^a   Arellano, Sergio ^b   Padgett Moncada, Dennis ^c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Firearms; Homicide; Honduras; Injuries; Sequelae; Tegucigalpa; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33645925696     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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