Injury epidemiology in Kermanshah: The National Trauma Project in Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Karbakhsh, M ^a   Zandi, N S ^a   Rouzrokh, M ^b   Zarei, M R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67649838592     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.1.57     Document Type: Article

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