Is violence a disease? Situating violence prevention in public health policy and practice

Public Health

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 960-967

  Williams, D J ^a   Donnelly, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease; Prevention; Social determinants; Violence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEATH; DISEASES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE PREVENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DISEASE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84925581913     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.09.010     Document Type: Review

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