Risk factors for injuries in young children in four developing countries: The Young Lives Study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1557-1566

  Howe, L D ^a   Huttly, S R A ^a   Abramsky, T ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child injury; Ethiopia; India; Infant risk factors; Peru; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BURN; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; VIET NAM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AFRICA; ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33748990091     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01708.x     Document Type: Article

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