Childhood drowning in low- and middle-income countries: Urgent need for intervention trials

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-227

  Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Borse, Nagesh N ^a,b,c   Blum, Lauren ^b   Khan, Rasheda ^b   El Arifeen, Shams ^b   Baqui, Abdullah H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Child health; Drowning; Injury prevention; Low and middle income countries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SAFETY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DROWNING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41549109380     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01273.x     Document Type: Review

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