Injury mortality among ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-255

  Stirbu, I ^a   Kunst, A E ^a   Bos, V ^a   Van Beeck, E F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; INJURY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; URBANIZATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; BURN; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33344467569     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.037325     Document Type: Review

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