The US National Violent Death Reporting System: Domestic and international lessons for violence injury surveillance

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Weiss, H ^a   Gutierrez, M I ^b   Harrison, J ^c   Matzopoulos, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33846145684     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.013961     Document Type: Article

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