Open AccessIntimate Partner Homicide and Corollary Victims in 16 States: National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003–2009
Author(s) -
Stephen G. Smith,
Katherine A. Fowler,
Phyllis Holditch Niolon
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301582
Subject(s) - homicide , domestic violence , poison control , suicide prevention , injury prevention , corollary , harm , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , psychology , criminology , psychiatry , medical emergency , social psychology , mathematics , pathology , pure mathematics
We estimated the frequency and examined the characteristics of intimate partner homicide and related deaths in 16 US states participating in the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), a state-based surveillance system.