Gender, marital status and ethnicity. A Swedish retrospective study of criminality, morbidity and mortality among victims of non-fatal firearm injuries

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-282

  Ponzer, Sari ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^b   Johansson, Sven Erik ^c   Bergman, Bo ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Criminality; Ethnicity; Firearms; Gender; Morbidity; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ETHNICITY; GENDER ROLE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN;

STOCKHOLM; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032449845     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1998.9961870     Document Type: Article

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