A survey of teenager unnatural deaths in northern Sweden 1981-2000

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-258

  Johansson, Lars ^a   Stenlund, Hans ^a   Lindqvist, Per ^b   Eriksson, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gender; Teenager; Trends; Unintentional and intentional injury deaths

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; POISSON EQUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GENDER; TEENAGERS; TRENDS; UNINTENTIONAL AND INTENTIONAL INJURY DEATHS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 12344306341     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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