Assault: characteristics of victims attending an inner-city hospital

Assault: characteristics of victims attending an inner-city hospital

To characterize victims of assault attending a district general hospital, 294 consecutive patients were interviewed and exmined. The group included 249 men (median age 23 years, range 13–62 years) and 45 women (median age 23 years, range 15–46 years). The 15–30 years age group, single males, and the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Injury 1988-05, Vol.19 (3), p.185-190
Hauptverfasser: Shepherd, J., Scully, C., Shapland, M., Irish, M., Leslie, I.J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Alcohol Drinking
Biological and medical sciences
England
Ethanol - blood
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Time Factors
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Urban Population
Violence
Wounds and Injuries - blood
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:To characterize victims of assault attending a district general hospital, 294 consecutive patients were interviewed and exmined. The group included 249 men (median age 23 years, range 13–62 years) and 45 women (median age 23 years, range 15–46 years). The 15–30 years age group, single males, and the unemployed were over-represented ( P =
ISSN:0020-1383
1879-0267
DOI:10.1016/0020-1383(88)90012-5