Injury incidence, healthcare consumption and avenues for prevention: a household survey on injury in rural Twiserkan, Iran

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 384-389

  Rezapur Shahkolai, F ^a,b,c   Naghavi, M ^d   Vaez, M ^a   Shokouhi, M ^a,b   Laflamme, L ^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

Community health worker; Injury healthcare seeking; Injury severity; Safety promotion; Trauma care

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INJURY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 66049096444     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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