The epidemiology of repeat contacts with an Emergency Department or an Institute of Forensic Medicine due to violent victimization in a Danish urban population

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 333-339

  Faergemann, Christian ^a   Lauritsen, Jens M ^a,b   Brink, Ole ^c   Stovring, Henrik ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Injuries; Recurrence; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; ORGAN INJURY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34447261617     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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