Policies for alcohol restriction and their association with interpersonal violence: A time-series analysis of homicides in Cali, Colombia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1037-1046

  Sánchez, Álvaro I ^a,b   Villaveces, Andrés ^b,c,d   Krafty, Robert T ^e   Park, Taeyoung ^e,f   Weiss, Harold B ^g   Fabio, Anthony ^e,h   Puyana, Juan Carlos ^a   Gutiérrez, María I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol control policies; Autoregressive negative binomial regressions; Cali; Colombia; Homicides; Interpersonal violence deaths; Time series; Unintentional injury deaths

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

CALI; COLOMBIA; VALLE DEL CAUCA;

EID: 80051936479     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr051     Document Type: Article

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