Community-based study of unintentional injuries among preschool children in Damascus

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 398-405

  Bashour, H ^a   Kharouf, M ^a  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SUBURBAN HEALTH; SYRIA; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 45949084155     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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