Demographic risk factors for injury among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white children: An ecologic analysis

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-38

  Anderson, Craig L ^a   Agran, Phyllis F ^b   Winn, Diane G ^a   Tran, Cecile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032016665     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.1.33     Document Type: Article

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