Potential of using existing injury information for injury surveillance at the local level in developing countries: Experiences from Bangladesh

Public Health

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-136

  Rahman, F ^a,b   Andersson, R ^b   Svanstrom L ^b  

^a Institute of Child and Mother Health Dhaka bd   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Developing countries; Injury; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034029676     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900618     Document Type: Article

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