Mortality due to injuries in Maputo City, Mozambique

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Nizamo, Hanifa ^a   Meyrowitsch, Dan Wolf ^b   Zacarias, Eugénio ^c   Konradsen, Flemming ^b  

^a Ministerio da Saude   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Injury mortality; Injury prevention; Mozambique; Traffic injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646580753     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300500151705     Document Type: Article

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