Injury surveillance is key to preventing injuries

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9445, 2004, Pages 1563-1566

  Krug, Etienne G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 7444263574     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17328-5     Document Type: Note

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