Minor injuries among under-fives in a South Indian village

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 621-623

  Nath, Anita ^a   Naik, Vijaya A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Children; India; Injury; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABRASION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BITE WOUND; BURN; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INJURY; JUVENILE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650484672     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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