Mortality due to injuries by place of occurrence in the european region: Analysis of data quality in the WHO mortality database

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-277

  Suarez Garcia I ^a   Sethi, D ^b   Hutchings, A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Italy)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 71549173428     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.018747     Document Type: Article

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