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World report on violence and health

Title
World report on violence and health / edited by Etienne G. Krug, Linda L. Dahlberg, James A. Mercy, Anthony B. Zwi and Rafael Lozano.
Publication
Geneva : World Health Organization, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Krug, Etienne G.
  • Dahlberg, Linda L.
  • Mercy, James A.
  • Zwi, Anthony B.
  • Lozano Ascencio, Rafael
  • World Health Organization, issuing body.
Description
xxii, 346 pages : illustrations; 28 cm +
Summary
This report is part of WHO's response to the 49th World Health Assembly held in 1996 which adopted a resolution declaring violence a major and growing public health problem across the world. It is aimed largely at researchers and practitioners including health care workers, social workers, educators and law enforcement officials.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Statistics
  • Statistics.
  • Statistiques.
Note
  • Accompanied by: 'Summary'.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online in PDF format.
Contents
Violence-a global public health problem -- Youth violence -- Child abuse and neglect by parents and other caregivers -- Violence by intimate partners -- Abuse of the elderly -- Sexual violence -- Self-directed violence -- Collective violence -- The way forward: recommendations for action.
ISBN
  • 9789241545617
  • 9241545615
  • 9789241545624
  • 9241545623
  • 9780585468075 (canceled/invalid)
  • 0585468079 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
  • ocm50797816
  • 50797816
  • SCSB-1268579
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library