Sex- and age-specific relations between economic development, economic inequality and homicide rates in people aged 0-24 years: A cross-sectional analysis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 797-805

  Butchart, Alexander ^a   Engström, Karin ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age factors; Cross sectional studies; Economic development; Economics; Homicide economics; Income; Sex factors; Socioeconomic factors; Violence economics

Indexed keywords

AGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; POVERTY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036034155     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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