Individual and area socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific unintentional injury mortality: 11-Year follow-up study of 2.7 million Canadians

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-106

  Burrows, Stephanie ^a   Auger, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Gamache, Philippe ^b   Hamel, Denis ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Mortality; Socioeconomic status; Unintentional injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAZARD RATIO; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES;

HAZARDS;

ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BURN; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DROWNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ASPHYXIA; BURNS; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DROWNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POISONING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84255200924     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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