Trends in injury-related deaths before and after dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-151

  Peck, M D ^a,b   Shankar, V ^a,c   Bangdiwala, S I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Life expectancy; Mortality crisis; Mortality rates; Transitional economies; USSR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TIME; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; TIME FACTORS; USSR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38449104035     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720701500534     Document Type: Article

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