Childhood injuries in Tehran: A review of 1281 cases

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-325

  Karbakhsh, Mojgan ^a   Zargar, Moossa ^a   Zarei, Mohammad Rezi ^a   Khaji, Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Childhood; Injuries; Iran; Pediatric; Tehran; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRAN; KNIFE CUT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58149197870     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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