Immigrants as crime victims: Experiences of personal nonfatal victimization

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-442

  Wheeler, Krista ^a   Zhao, Weiyan ^a   Kelleher, Kelly ^a,b   Stallones, Lorann ^c   Xiang, Huiyun ^a,b  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Industry; Nonfatal; Occupation; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949842499     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20820     Document Type: Article

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