Childhood deaths from unintentional injuries in rural areas of Iran

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-224

  Soori, Hamid ^a   Naghavi, Mohsen ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; IRAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032159275     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.3.222     Document Type: Article

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