Measuring the cost of injury: Underestimating the costs of street violence

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 289-290

  Hemenway, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POISONING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80053053372     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040114     Document Type: Note

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