Community-based assessment of unintentional injuries: A pilot study in rural Vietnam

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 62_suppl, 2003, Pages 38-44

  Hang, Hoang Minh ^a   Ekman, Robert ^b   Bach, Ton That ^a   Byass, Peter ^c   Svanström, Leif ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

community based; surveillance; unintentional injury; Vietnam.

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIETNAM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1542752457     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950310015095     Document Type: Article

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