Physical trauma experience among school children in periurban Blantyre, Malawi

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Muula, Adamson S ^a   Misiri, Humphreys E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TREE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77953389874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-2-20     Document Type: Article

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