Global childhood unintentional injury surveillance in four cities in developing countries: A pilot study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 345-352

  Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Sugerman, David E ^b   Puvanachandra, Prasanthi ^a   Razzak, Junaid ^c   El Sayed, Hesham ^d   Isaza, Andres ^e   Rahman, Fazlur ^f   Peden, Margie ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^f Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CHILD CARE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIEL VARIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DROWNING; EGYPT; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; INTOXICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AFRICA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; COLOMBIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; NORTH AFRICA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 66149112435     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.055798     Document Type: Article

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