The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 418-426 , October 2011

Past-Year Intentional and Unintentional Injury Among Teens Treated in an Inner-City Emergency Department

  • Rebecca M. Cunningham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Rebecca M. Cunningham, md, Injury Research Center, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls, Room 2C40, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5437
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  • Maureen A. Walton, MPH, PHD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Stephanie Roahen Harrison, MPH, PHD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Stella M. Resko, MSW, PHD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Rachel Stanley, MD, MSHA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Marc Zimmerman, MS, PHD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • C. Raymond Bingham, MS, PHD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Jean T. Shope, MSPH, PHD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 24 June 2009 ,Revised 29 October 2009 ,Accepted 9 November 2009.

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 This project was supported by a grant (#14889) from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

PII: S0736-4679(09)00936-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.11.024

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 418-426 , October 2011

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