The association between county-level injury rates and racial segregation revisited: A multilevel analysis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 748-753

  Fabio, Anthony ^a   Sauber Schatz, Erin K ^b   Barbour, Kamil E ^b   Li, Wei ^b  

^a Ctr for Injury Research and Control   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENSUSES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PREJUDICE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RACE RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149115345     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.139576     Document Type: Article

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