Risk factors for road traffic injury in Pakistani children

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 709-712

  Singer, Michael S ^b,c   Ghaffar, Abdul ^a  

^a Global Forum for Health Research   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child injury; Motor vehicle collision; Pakistan; Supervision

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PEDESTRIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 14244261240     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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