Epidemiology of injuries at a tertiary care center in Malawi

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1836-1841

  Samuel, Jonathan C ^a,b   Akinkuotu, Adesola ^a   Villaveces, Andres ^c,d   Charles, Anthony G ^a   Lee, Clara N ^a   Hoffman, Irving F ^a,e   Miller, William C ^a,c   Baloyi, Paul ^b   Hoffman, Mariah ^e   Brown, Lillian B ^c   Muyco, Arturo P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BICYCLE; BITE; BURN; CAR; CAR DRIVER; CHILD; CONTUSION; CYCLING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRIVER; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MASS DISASTER; MOTORCYCLE; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 69049117966     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0113-4     Document Type: Article

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