Behavioral Risk Factors and Unintentional Injuries Among U.S. Immigrant Adults

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 889-898

  Xiang, Huiyun ^a,b   Yu, Songlin ^a   Zhang, Xiaofei ^a   Scurlock, Carissa ^a   Smith, Gary A ^a,b   Stallones, Lorann ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Emigration and Immigration; Risk Factors; Wounds and Injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNINTENTIONAL INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35348835420     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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