Abstract
To assess the magnitude and nature of interpersonal violence resulting in hospitalisation of children and to identify subgroups at risk of repeat hospital admissions, a population-based, retrospective study of all violence hospitalisations in Western Australia for children aged 9 years or less was undertaken, using the 1990–2004 linked data retrieved from the Western Australian Mortality Database and the Hospital Morbidity Data System.Of the 747 patients aged
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 239-244 |
Journal | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 3 |
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Publication status | Published - 2009 |