Socioeconomic status and the occurrence of fatal and nonfatal injury in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-77

  Cubbin, Catherine ^a   LeClere, Felicia B ^b   Smith, Gordon S ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033957866     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.1.70     Document Type: Article

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