Injuries in Aleppo, Syria; first population-based estimates and characterization of predominant types

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Maziak, Wasim ^a,c   Ward, Kenneth D ^a,b   Rastam, Samer ^a  

^a SYRIAN CENTER FOR TOBACCO STUDIES   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYRIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646596258     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-63     Document Type: Review

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