Trends in deliberate interpersonal violence in the Odense Municipality, Denmark 1991-2002. The Odense study on deliberate interpersonal violence

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-26

  Faergemann, Christian ^a   Lauritsen, Jens Martin ^a,b   Brink, Ole ^c   Skov, Ole ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Injury; Severity; Trend; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; KNIFE CUT; MALE; MORTALITY; STAB WOUND; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845619069     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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