1. ANOTHER "LETHAL TRIAD"-RISK FACTORS FOR VIOLENT INJURY AND LONG-TERM MORTALITY AMONG ADULT VICTIMS OF VIOLENT INJURY.
- Author
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Laytin, Adam D, Shumway, Martha, Boccellari, Alicia, Juillard, Catherine J, and Dicker, Rochelle A
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Humans ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Wounds and Injuries ,Prevalence ,Risk Factors ,Retrospective Studies ,Cohort Studies ,Interpersonal Relations ,Mental Disorders ,Poverty ,Adult ,Middle Aged ,Emergency Service ,Hospital ,Female ,Male ,Physical Abuse ,injury prevention ,mental illness ,poverty ,substance abuse ,violence ,Mental Health ,Infectious Diseases ,Clinical Research ,Aging ,Violence Research ,Prevention ,Physical Injury - Accidents and Adverse Effects ,Aetiology ,2.3 Psychological ,social and economic factors ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Management of diseases and conditions ,2.4 Surveillance and distribution ,7.1 Individual care needs ,Injuries and accidents ,Mental health ,Good Health and Well Being ,Clinical Sciences ,Emergency & Critical Care Medicine - Abstract
BackgroundMental illness, substance abuse, and poverty are risk factors for violent injury, and violent injury is a risk factor for early mortality that can be attenuated through hospital-based violence intervention programs. Most of these programs focus on victims under the age of 30 years. Little is known about risk factors or long-term mortality among older victims of violent injury.ObjectivesTo explore the prevalence of risk factors for violent injury among younger (age
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- 2018