Homicide in post-Soviet Belarus: Urban-rural trends

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-120

  Stickley, Andrew ^a   Leinsalu, Mall ^a,b   Razvodovsky, Yury E ^c  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^c GRODNO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Belarus; Homicide; Poverty; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CALCULATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON REGRESSION MODEL; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; REPUBLIC OF BELARUS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449100663     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn124     Document Type: Article

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