Socioeconomic inequalities in homicide mortality: A populationbased comparative study of 12 European countries

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 877-884

  Stickley, Andrew ^a,b   Leinsalu, Mall ^a,c   Kunst, Anton E ^d   Bopp, Matthias ^e   Strand, Bjoørn Heine ^f   Martikainen, Pekka ^g   Lundberg, Olle ^h,i   Kovács, Katalin ^j   Artnik, Barbara ^k   Kalediene, Ramune ^l   Rychtaříková, Jitka ^m   Wojtyniak, Bogdan ⁿ   Mackenbach, Johan P ^o  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j Demographic Research Institute   (Hungary)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^l LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^m CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^o ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Education; Europe; Homicide; Inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84871312712     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9717-3     Document Type: Article

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