Social determinants of child and adolescent traffic-related and intentional injuries: A multilevel study in Stockholm County

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1826-1834

  Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Hasselberg, Marie ^a   Reimers, Anne Mari ^b   Cavalini, Luciana Tricai ^c   Ponce de Leon, Antonio ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Division Social Medicine   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Community Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Area characteristics; Children; Health inequities; Intentional injuries; Poverty; Social determinants of health; Social fragmentation; Social welfare benefits; Sweden; Unintentional injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE CLASS; AUTOMOBILE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INJURY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WELFARE PROVISION;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 65349124678     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.050     Document Type: Article

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