Unintentional home-related injuries in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Findings from the first year of a national programme

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 919-924

  Mohammadi, Reza ^a,b   Ekman, R ^a,c   Svanstrom L ^a   Gooya, M M ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c NCO   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Primary health care; Surveillance; Unintentional home related injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTOXICATION; IRAN; KNIFE CUT; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 24344441591     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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