Infant and adolescent deaths in Istanbul due to home accidents

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-149

  Aşirdizer, Mahmut ^a   Yavuz, Mehmet Sunay ^b   Albek, Emre ^c   Cantürk, Gürol ^d  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent deaths; Forensic medicine; Home accidents; Infant deaths

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; DIAMORPHINE; DRUG; NARCOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; EDUCATION; ELECTROCUTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTOXICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WITNESS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 20044372618     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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