Intentional injury reported by young people in the Federated States of Micronesia, Kingdom of Tonga and Vanuatu

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith, Ben J ^a   Phongsavan, Philayrath ^b   Bampton, Dale ^c   Peacocke, Genevieve ^d   Gilmete, Mercedes ^e   Havea, Drew ^f   Chey, Tien ^b   Bauman, Adrian E ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Maurice Blackburn Cashman Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e Training Group of the Pacific ^*  (Federated States of Micronesia)

^f Training Group of the Pacific Tonga   (Tonga)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTENTIONAL INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CHILD; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TONGA; VANUATU; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONESIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TONGA; VANUATU; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44249107897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-145     Document Type: Article

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