Pattern of Trauma in Central India: An epidemiological study with special reference to mode of injury

Internet Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Swarnkar, Manish ^a   Singh, Pradeep K ^b   Dwivedi, Sankalp ^a  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cause; Epidemiological study; Mode; Road traffic injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; UNINTENTIONAL INJURY; WORKER;

EID: 79551540224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15402614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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