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Trends in admissions to hospital involving an assault using a knife or other sharp instrument, England, 1997–2005

Author(s) -

Roy Maxwell,

Caroline Trotter,

Julia Verne,

Paul Brown,

David Gunnell

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdm018

Subject(s) - medical emergency , medicine , occupational safety and health , optometry , pathology

To investigate recent trends in in-patient admissions in England for assaults that involve a stabbing. Design and data source Time-series analysis of the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre's Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database. Setting England, April 1997 to March 2005. Main outcome measure All completed hospital admissions with a mention of assault by sharp object (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, code X99) in the relevant diagnosis fields in HES.

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