Assault-injured Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department: Causes and Circumstances

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 610-616

  Cheng, Tina L ^a   Johnson, Sara ^a   Wright, Joseph L ^a   Pearson Fields, Amari Sokoya ^a   Brenner, Ruth ^a   Schwarz, Donald ^a   O'Donnell, Regina ^a   Scheidt, Peter C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent injury; assault; emergency department; youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREAT; URBAN POPULATION; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33646725679     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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