Child injury in a changing world

Global Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-413

  Towner, E ^a   Towner, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Freelance Researcher   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Globalisation; Health inequalities; Motorisation; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION; ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 66149106780     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690802449842     Document Type: Article

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