Does living density matter for nonfatal unintentional home injury in Asian urban settings? Evidence from Hong Kong

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 872-886

  Chan, Emily Y Y ^a   Kim, Jean H ^a   Griffiths, Sian M ^a   Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Yu, Ignatius ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accidents; Asia; China; Environmental risk factors; Home injury; Living density; Nonfatal unintentional household injury; Socioeconomic risk factors; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449133700     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9389-9     Document Type: Article

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