Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 11 , Pages 1167-1176 , November 2008

Cross-national injury mortality differentials by income level: The possible role of age and ageing

Received 7 March 2007 ,Revised 7 December 2007 ,Accepted 27 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.02.012

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