Hospital admissions of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians due to interpersonal violence, July 1999 to June 2004

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-222

  Berry, Jesia G ^a,b   Harrison, James E ^b   Ryan, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian aborigines; Family violence; Injuries; Rural health; Socio economic factors; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650496216     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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