Individual-level and socio-structural characteristics of violence: An emergency department study

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1011-1026

  Boyle, Douglas J ^a   Hassett Walker, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Injury; Intimate partner violence; Poverty; Social disorganization; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VICTIM;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 46749156905     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507313966     Document Type: Article

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