Aetiological and epidemiological aspects of acute head injury in Malawi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 822-828

  Adeloye, A ^a,b   Ssembatya Lule, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b NONE   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CYCLING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PEDESTRIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031402128     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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