Non-fatal Strangulation is an Important Risk Factor for Homicide of Women

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-335

  Glass, Nancy ^a   Laughon, Kathryn ^b   Campbell, Jacquelyn ^a   Block, Carolyn Rebecca ^c   Hanson, Ginger ^d   Sharps, Phyllis W ^a   Taliaferro, Ellen ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Health After Trauma Project   (United States)

Author keywords

intimate partner violence; risk of homicide; strangulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRANGULATION;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 52249118129     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.065     Document Type: Article

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