A GIS-based spatiotemporal analysis of violent trauma hotspots in Vancouver, Canada: Identification, contextualisation and intervention

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Walker, Blake Byron ^a   Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Hameed, S Morad ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OFFENDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENT TRAUMA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84896896799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003642     Document Type: Article

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