Socioeconomic differences in injury risks in childhood and adolescence: A nation-wide study of intentional and unintentional injuries in Sweden

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Engström, Karin ^a,b   Diderichsen, F ^a   Laflamme, L ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036597095     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.2.137     Document Type: Article

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