Undetermined Manner of Death: A Comparison with Unintentional Injury, Suicide, and Homicide Death

Evaluation Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-57

  Sorenson, Susan B ^a   Shen, Haikang ^a   Kraus, Jess F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031061693     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9702100103     Document Type: Article

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