Epidemiology of unintentional injuries in childhood: A population-based survey in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 517, 2005, Pages 630-633

  Otters, Hanneke ^a   Schellevis, François G ^b   Damen, Jurgen ^a   van der Wouden, Johannes C ^a   van Suijlekom Smit, Lisette W A ^c   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiology; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SIBLING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 23844543740     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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