Ethnic, socioeconomic and geographical inequalities in road traffic injury rates in the Auckland region

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-167

  Hosking, Jamie ^a   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^a   Exeter, Daniel ^a   Stewart, Joanna ^a   Bell, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Transport ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Geography; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876006807     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12034     Document Type: Article

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