Titre :
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Contribution of violence to health inequalities in England : demographics and trends in emergency hospital admissions for assault. (2008)
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Auteurs :
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M.A. Bellis ;
Z. ANDERSON ;
K. HUGHES ;
S. HUGHES ;
TOCQUE (K.) : GBR. North West Public Health Observatory. Liverpool John Moores University. Liverpool. ;
Centre for Public Health. Who Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention. Liverpool John Moores University. Liverpool. GBR
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 62, n° 12, 2008)
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Pagination :
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1064-1071
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Violence
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Europe sociale
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Angleterre
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Tendance séculaire
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Médecine hospitalière
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Hôpital
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Hospitalisation
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Service urgence
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Entrée
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Grande Bretagne
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Europe
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS CBR0xEkp. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Introduction : Violence is increasingly recognised as a major public health issue yet health data are underutilised for describing the problem or developing responses. We use English emergency hospital admissions for assault over four years to examine assault demography and contribution to health inequalities. Methods : Geodemographic cross-sectional analyses utilising records of all individuals in England (n=120 643) admitted between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2006. Results : Over 4 years, rates of admission increased by 29.56% across England. Admissions peaked on Saturdays (22.34%) and Sundays (20.38%). Higher rates were associated with deprivation across all ages, including those
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