Childhood deaths from external causes in Estonia, 2001-2005

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Väli, Marika ^a,b   Lang, Katrin ^a   Soonets, Ruth ^c,d   Talumäe, Marika ^a,b   Grjibovski, Andrej M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Bureau of Forensic Medicine   (Estonia)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^d Tartu Support Centre for Abused Children   (Estonia)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DROWNING; ESTONIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISONING; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548260845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-158     Document Type: Article

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