Hospital admissions after paediatric trauma in a developing country: from falls to landmines

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-134

  El Chemaly, Souheil Y ^a   Akkary, Ghassan ^a   Atoui, Maria ^a   Musharrafieh, Ummaya ^a   Taha Assad, Muhyddin ^a   Tamim, Hala ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEBANON; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEBANON; MALE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547739071     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300701347227     Document Type: Article

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