Geographies of inequality: Child pedestrian injury and walking school buses in Auckland, New Zealand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-69

  Collins, Damian C A ^a   Kearns, Robin A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

'Walking School Bus'; Neighbourhood; New Zealand; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EQUITY; INJURY; NEIGHBORHOOD; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PEDESTRIAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WALKING;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 5144229634     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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