Education level inequalities and transportation injury mortality in the middle aged and elderly in European settings

Carme Borrell, Antoni Plasència, Martijn Huisman, Giuseppe Costa, Anton E. Kunst, Otto Andersen, Matthias Bopp, J K Borgan, Patrick Deboosere, Myer Glickman,

Injury Prevention · 2005 · 103 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

This study provides new evidence on the importance of socioeconomic inequalities in transportation injury mortality across Europe. This applies to men, but not to women. Greater attention should be placed on opportunities to select intervention strategies tailored to tackle socioeconomic inequalities in transportation injuries.

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