Child drowning deaths in Xiamen city and suburbs, People's Republic of China, 2001-5

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-343

  Ya, Fang ^a   Long, Dai ^c   Jaung, Michael S ^d   Xiaoxuan, Chen ^a   Songlin, Yu ^d   Huiyun, Xiang ^b,d  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Xiamen Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINA; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 35548968858     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.016683     Document Type: Article

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