Homicide and impunity: An ecological analysis at state level in Brazil;Homicídio e impunidade: Análise ecológica em nível de estado no Brasil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 733-742

  Nadanovsky, Paulo ^a   Celeste, Roger Keller ^a   Wilson, Margo ^b   Daly, Martin ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Ecological studies; External causes; Homicide; Social inequity; Socioeconomic factors; Statistics numerical data; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76549117711     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102009000500001     Document Type: Article

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