Violence victimization among Finnish university students: Prevalence, symptoms and healthcare usage

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1416-1422

  Björklund, Katja ^a,d   Häkkänen Nyholm, Helinä ^a,b   Huttunen, Teppo ^c   Kunttu, Kristina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^c 4Pharma Ltd   (Finland)

^d Finnish Student Health Service   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREAT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

FINLAND;

EID: 77950925943     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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