Intentional injury and violence in Cape Town, South Africa: An epidemiological analysis of trauma admissions data

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Cinnamon, Jonathan ^b   Walker, Blake Byron ^a   Fawcett, Vanessa ^c   Nicol, Andrew ^d   Hameed, Syed Morad ^e   Matzopoulos, Richard ^f  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Injury; Intentional; South Africa; Surveillance; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84946598296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.27016     Document Type: Article

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