Criminal victimisation and health: Examining the relation in nine countries oftheformer Soviet Union

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-83

  Stickley, Andrew ^a,b   Koyanagi, Ai ^b   Roberts, Bayard ^a   Rotman, David ^c   McKee, Martin ^a  

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

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Crime; Former Soviet Union; Psychological distress; Self rated health; Victimisation; Violence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNISM; CRIME; HEALTH RISK; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEFT; USSR; VICTIM; VICTIMISATION; VIOLENCE;

CRIME; FORMER SOVIET UNION; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; SELF-RATED HEALTH; VICTIMISATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THEFT; USSR; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ARMENIA [WEST ASIA]; AZERBAIJAN; BELARUS; GEORGIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MOLDOVA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880358410     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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