Annals of emergency medicine
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[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: 1996 Motor vehicle occupant safety survey. Ann Emerg Med April 1998;31:518-519.].
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To evaluate the associations between selected socioeconomic risk factors and acute injury from domestic violence against women. ⋯ Of the socioeconomic variables examined in this preliminary study, a history of alcohol abuse by the male partner, as reported by the female partner, was the strongest predictor for acute injury from domestic violence. A large-scale, multicenter, ED-based study is needed to clarify the relation between alcohol abuse, other socioeconomic factors, and acute physical assaults against women by their intimate male partners.
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[Paganussi PJ: I stood: Observations of an emergency physician. Ann Emerg Med April 1998;31:521-523.].