Relationship between economic development and risk of injuries in older adults and the elderly: A global analysis of unintentional injury mortality in an epidemiologic transition perspective

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 454-458

  Moniruzzaman, Syed ^a,b   Andersson, Ragnar ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic development; Epidemiologic transition; Injury; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 26844478987     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki014     Document Type: Article

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