Socioeconomic status and the incidence of child injuries in China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-40

  Fang, Xiangming ^a   Jing, Ruiwei ^b   Zeng, Guang ^c,g,h   Linnan, Huan Wan ^d   Zhu, Xu ^e   Linnan, Michael ^f  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program   (China)

^d Maternal and Child Health consultant   (Thailand)

^e United Nations Children's Fund China Country Office   (China)

^f The Alliance for Safe Children (TASC)   (Thailand)

^g CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^h Beijing Municipal People's Government   (China)

Author keywords

Child injuries; China; Population based sample; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CHILD INJURIES; CHINA; POPULATION-BASED SAMPLE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84894232724     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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