Urban-rural disparities in injury mortality in China, 2006

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Hu, Guoqing ^a   Baker, Susan P ^b   Baker, Timothy D ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dept of Environ Health Sciences   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Disparity; Injury; Mortality; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649085510     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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