A household survey: Unintentional injury frequency and related factors among children under five years in Malatya

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-293

  Atak, Nazli ^a   Karaoǧlu, Leyla ^b   Korkmaz, Yasemin ^b   Usubütün, Seda ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children under five; Frequency; Injury producing accidents; Residential home accidents; Risk awareness

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FALLING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); HOME ACCIDENT; INFANT; INJURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURKEY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956864579     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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