Socio-economic inequities in children's injury rates: Has the gradient changed over time?;Les iniquités socioéconomiques dans les taux de blessures chez les enfants: Le gradient a-t-il changé au fil du temps?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Brownell, Marni D ^a,b   Derksen, Shelley A ^a   Jutte, Douglas P ^c   Roos, Noralou P ^a,b   Ekuma, Okechukwu ^a   Yallop, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient; Hospitalization; Inequities; Injury; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651310875     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405575     Document Type: Article

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