Unintentional injuries among school adolescents in Kathmandu, Nepal: A descriptive study

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 641-649

  Poudel Tandukar, K ^a   Nakahara, S ^a   Ichikawa, M ^a   Poudel, K C ^a   Joshi, A B ^b   Wakai, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Adolescents; Burns; Nepal; Traffic; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; INJURY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BURN; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; PEDESTRIAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STUDENT; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; SCHOOLS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; KATHMANDU; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745507744     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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