Feasibility of standardized injury surveillance and reporting: A comparison of data from four Asian nations

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-112

  Nakahara, S ^a,f   Jayatilleke, A U ^b   Ichikawa, M ^c   Marasinghe, A ^d   Kimura, A ^e   Yoshida, K ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD;

ASIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 42149169182     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.016824     Document Type: Article

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