Availability and quality of cause-of-death data for estimating the global burden of injuries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bhalla, Kavi ^a   Harrison, James E ^b   Shahraz, Saeid ^a   Fingerhut, Lois A ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INJURY; MORTALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 78149257945     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.068809     Document Type: Article

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