Deaths from unintentional injuries in rural areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-60

  Soori, H ^a   Naghavi, M ^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; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032600591     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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