Pedestrian injuries in school-attending children: A comparison of injury data sources in a low-income setting

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-104

  Lee, P P S ^a,b,c   Mihailovic, A ^a,b   Rothman, L ^c   Mutto, M ^d   Nakitto, M ^d   Howard, A W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d Injury Control Center Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLICE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UGANDA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UGANDA; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67649887176     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.018689     Document Type: Article

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