Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 269-272 , July 2009

Characteristics of victims of violence admitted to a specialized medico-legal unit in Switzerland

  • Marie-Claude Hofner (MD, MER (Head of Research))

      Affiliations

    • Violence Medical Unit, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University Hospital Centre, Cesar Roux 19, CH-1003, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 021 314 49 49; fax: +41 021 314 72 44.
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  • Raphaelle Burquier, PhD (Criminalist Junior Research Fellow)

      Affiliations

    • Violence Medical Unit, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University Hospital Centre, Cesar Roux 19, CH-1003, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Thérèse Huissoud, PhD (Sociologist Senior Research Fellow)

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University Hospital Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Nathalie Romain (MD (Clinical fellow))

      Affiliations

    • Violence Medical Unit, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University Hospital Centre, Cesar Roux 19, CH-1003, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Bertrand Graz (MD (Senior Research Fellow))

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University Hospital Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Patrice Mangin (MD (Professor, Director))

      Affiliations

    • Violence Medical Unit, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University Hospital Centre, Cesar Roux 19, CH-1003, Lausanne, Switzerland

Received 28 April 2008 ,Revised 7 November 2008 ,Accepted 9 December 2008.

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PII: S1752-928X(08)00245-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.007

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 269-272 , July 2009

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