Child and young adult injuries among long-term Afghan refugees

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Sugerman, David E ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^b   Nasir, Khurram ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Injury; Pakistan; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATION; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFUGEE; REFUGEE CAMP; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644822141     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15660970500036481     Document Type: Article

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