Epidemiological profile of mortality due to injuries in three cities in the Guangxi Province, China

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-141

  Yang, L ^a   Lam, L T ^b   Liu, Y ^a   Geng, W K ^c   Liu, D C ^c  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c Guangxi Province Health Department   (China)

Author keywords

Cause of death; China; Injury epidemiology; Mortality rates

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUND VEHICLES; HEALTH RISKS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY RATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DROWNING; FALLING; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DROWNING; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 10444278049     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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