Factors associated with injuries in adolescents, from the National Adolescent School-based Health Survey (PeNSE 2012)

• Main Authors: Deborah Carvalho Malta (Author), Rogério Ruscitto do Prado (Author), Silvania Suely Andrade Caribe (Author), Marta Maria Alves da Silva (Author), Marco Antonio Ratzsch de Andreazzi (Author), Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Júnior (Author), Maria Cecilia de Souza Minayo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of injuries among teenagers and to examine the associated risk factors, such as sociodemographic characteristics, risk behaviors, family ties and other factors. METHOD: The prevalence of the outcome (injury) was estimated with a 95%confidence interval. In order...