Socioeconomic status and adolescent injuries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1881-1891

  Williams, J M ^a   Currie, C E ^a   Wright, P ^a   Elton, R A ^a   Beattie, T F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Adolescent; Injury; Risk behaviour; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031010705     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00297-3     Document Type: Article

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