Unintentional injury mortality trends in children and adolescents in Lithuania between 1971 and 2005

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Strukcinskiene, Birute ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

adolescents; burns; children; drowning; injury mortality; traffic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LITHUANIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 47749122260     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300701794212     Document Type: Article

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