Patterns of urban violent injury: A spatio-temporal analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cusimano, Michael ^a,b,c   Marshall, Sean ^a   Rinner, Claus ^d   Jiang, Depeng ^e   Chipman, Mary ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952522926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008669     Document Type: Article

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