Patterns of injury and violence in Yaoundé Cameroon: An analysis of hospital data

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Juillard, Catherine ^a   Etoundi Mballa, Georges Alain ^b   Bilounga Ndongo, Chancelline ^c   Stevens, Kent A ^d   Hyder, Adnan A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78651269494     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0825-5     Document Type: Article

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