Community assault - The cost of rough justice

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-161

  Proctor, Michael ^a   Carter, N ^a   Barker, P ^a  

^a Provincial Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 68949085175     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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