Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 20-26 , January 2007

Trends in deliberate interpersonal violence in the Odense Municipality, Denmark 1991–2002. The Odense study on deliberate interpersonal violence

  • Christian Faergemann

      Affiliations

    • Accident Analysis Group, Department of Orthopaedics, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 6541 2283; fax: +45 6613 6581.
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  • Jens Martin Lauritsen

      Affiliations

    • Accident Analysis Group, Department of Orthopaedics, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
    • Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Sdr. Boulevard 23A, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark
  • ,
  • Ole Brink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
  • ,
  • Ole Skov

      Affiliations

    • Accident Analysis Group, Department of Orthopaedics, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

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 The study was founded by the University of southern Denmark, the Dagmar Marshall Foundation, Østifterne Insurance Company, Grethe and Sigurd Pedersen’s Foundation, and the Funen County. The authors’ work was independent of the founding.

PII: S1353-1131(06)00002-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.01.001

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 20-26 , January 2007