Unintentional injuries in the rural population of Twiserkan, Iran: A cross-sectional study on their incidence, characteristics and preventability

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rezapur Shahkolai, Forouzan ^a,b,c   Naghavi, Mohsen ^d   Shokouhi, Mohammadreza ^b   Laflamme, Lucie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAN; MALE; NEWBORN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 51649100884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-269     Document Type: Article

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