Does living density matter for nonfatal unintentional home injury in Asian urban settings? Evidence from Hong Kong.

Journal article

Injury is a major global disease burden for the twenty-first century. There are, however, few studies of unintentional household injury in Asian urban settings where living environments are characterized by extremely compact, high-living-density, multistory apartments. This study investigated the association between nonfatal unintentional household injuries with the resident's sociodemographic attributes and household characteristics in Hong Kong, the city with the world's highest population ...

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Authors: Chan, E; Kim, J; Griffiths, S; Lau, J; Yu, I

• Journal: Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 872-886
• Publication date: 2009-11-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9389-9
• EISSN: 1468-2869
• ISSN: 1099-3460
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Population Density; Humans; Wounds and Injuries; Cross-Sectional Studies; Young Adult; Adult; Bias (Epidemiology); Aged; Risk Factors; Female; Socioeconomic Factors; Male; Sex Factors; Urban Population; Child; Infant; Child, Preschool; Middle Aged; Hong Kong; Urban Health; Accidents, Home; Age Factors