Injury patterns in long-term refugee populations: A survey of Afghan refugees

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 888-894

  Hyder, Adnan A ^a,b   Ghaffar, Abdul ^c   Masud, Tayyeb I ^a   Bachani, Abdulgafoor M ^a   Nasir, Khurram ^d  

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

^b Center for Injury Research and Policy   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghan; Developing countries; Injuries; Injury surveys; Pakistan; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEATH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; REFUGEES; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 68149168422     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181627614     Document Type: Article

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