Injury pattern and outcome of assault victims: An emergency department perspective
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Record linkage of domestic assault victims between an emergency department and the police.
C ommunity surveys show that domestic violence is a common problem affecting about 5% of the population each year. Around 1% of emergency department visits in the UK are attributable to domestic assault. 3 The British Home Office estimates that 2.9 million domestic assault injuries occur every year in the UK. It is not clear how many domestic assault victims who present to an emergency departme...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Trauma Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2251-953X
DOI: 10.4103/atr.atr_47_20