Factors associated with non-lethal violent victimization in Sweden in 2004-2007

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 404-410

  Stickley, Andrew ^a   Carlson, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; inequality; low income; social capital; Sweden; victimization; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953425662     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810364560     Document Type: Article

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