Epidemiological and risk predictors of severity of school injuries

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 676-683

  Kamel, M I ^a   Kamel, N M ^a   Foda, N ^a   Khashab, S ^a   Aziz, N A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033157365     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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