Demographic and socioeconomic risk factors of adult violent victimization from an accident and emergency department and forensic medicine perspective: A register-based case-control study

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Faergemann, Christian ^a   Lauritsen, Jens Martin ^a,b   Brink, Ole ^c   Skov, Ole ^a   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adult; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors; Unemployment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSIONER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56949103520     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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