Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 8 , Pages 732-741 , August 2006

Gender differences in adolescent injury characteristics: A population-based study of hospital A&E data

Received 28 August 2005 ,Revised 1 February 2006 ,Accepted 15 February 2006.

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