Is criminal violence a non-communicable disease? Exploring the epidemiology of violence in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 478-482

  McDavid, H A ^a   Cowell, N ^a   McDonald, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Criminal violence; Epidemiology; Jamaica

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BUDGET; CRIMINAL VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; POLICY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRIMINAL LAW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856377992     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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