@article{ref1,
title="Does poverty lead to non-fatal unintentional injuries in rural Vietnam?",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2005",
author="Thanh, Nguyen Xuan and Hang, Hoang Minh and Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim and Byass, P. and Lindholm, Lars",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="31-37",
abstract="The aim of this study was to identify associations between poverty at the household level and unintentional injury morbidity. A cohort consisting of 24,874 person-time episodes, representing 24,776 people living in 5,801 households (classified into rich, middle income and poor by local authorities in 1999) was followed during 2000, in order to identify and assess non-fatal unintentional injuries. Incidence rate ratios were calculated using a Poisson regression model. The results showed that poverty was a risk factor for unintentional injuries generally. When looking at different types of injury, poverty was a risk for home, work and “other",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="10.1080/17457300512331342207",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300512331342207"
}