Socioeconomic differences in childhood injury: A population based epidemiologic study in Ontario, Canada

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-208

  Faelker, Taron ^a   Pickett, William ^a   Brison, Robert J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Injury surveillance; Poverty; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034268406     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.3.203     Document Type: Article

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