Falls, poisonings, burns, and road traffic injuries in urban peruvian children and adolescents: A community based study

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 390-396

  Donroe, J ^a   Gilman, R H ^a,b   Brugge, D ^c   Mwamburi, M ^c   Moore, D A J ^a,b,d  

^a ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEWBORN; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PERU; POISONING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 71749094917     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.019893     Document Type: Article

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