Socioeconomic Disparities in the Prevalence of Work-Related Injuries Among Adolescents in the United States

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-57

  Rauscher, Kimberly J ^a   Myers, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cox regression; Health disparities; Inequality; Prevalence ratios; Socioeconomic status; Teens; Work related injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37249023594     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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