@article{ref1,
title="Socio-economic differences in intentional injuries: a national study of Swedish male and female adolescents",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum",
year="2002",
author="Laflamme, Lucie and Engström, Karin",
volume="",
number="412",
pages="26-29",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To measure socio-economic differences in intentional injuries among Swedish adolescents.METHOD: A cross-sectional study, based on linkage of records from national registers, considering injuries incurred by all adolescents domiciled in Sweden in 1990-94. Absolute and relative differences between adolescents from four household socio-economic groups (SEGs) were measured, considering separately males and females, two age categories (10-14 and 15-19 years) and injuries caused by interpersonal violence and self-inflicted injuries.RESULTS: Absolute differences (in injury incidence) between SEGs were greatest for self-inflicted injuries, among older female adolescents. There were clear social gradients in all instances, but relative differences (relative risks) reached a peak for interpersonal violence among younger adolescents, for both boys and girls.CONCLUSION: There is a clear association among Swedish adolescents between type of intentional injury and gender, with absolute differences remarkably wide for self-inflicted injuries. For a given age category, gender-specific social gradients are quite comparable within diagnosis.",
language="en",
issn="0065-1591",
doi="10.1034/j.1600-0447.106.s412.6.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0447.106.s412.6.x"
}