The epidemiology of home injuries to children under five years in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Gulliver, Pauline ^a   Dow, Nicola ^a   Simpson, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSON; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEAR DROWNING; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALD;

EID: 15044347827     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00744.x     Document Type: Article

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