Effects of the 2010 World Cup football tournament on emergency department assault attendances in England

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-385

  Quigg, Zara ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   Bellis, Mark A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCCER; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; SOCCER; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878338053     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks098     Document Type: Article

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