Incidence and seasonal variation of injury in rural Vietnam: A community-based survey

Safety Science

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 691-701

  Hang, Hoang Minh ^a   Byass, Peter ^b   Svanström, Leif ^c  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accidents; Community based survey; Injury; Seasonal variation; Surveillance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INJURY MORBIDITY; TRAFFIC INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIET NAM;

EID: 3042558207     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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