The neighbourhood socio-demographic context of teenage girls' deliberate self-harm

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-233

  Reimers, A ^a,b   Laflamme, L ^b  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Ecological study; Intentional injury; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33947502874     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300600763086     Document Type: Article

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