Unintentional injury deaths among children younger than 5 years of age in India: A nationally representative study

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 151-155

  Jagnoor, Jagnoor ^a,b   Bassani, Diego G ^a   Keay, Lisa ^b   Ivers, Rebecca Q ^b   Thakur, J S ^c   Gururaj, G ^d   Jha, Prabhat ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79958260328     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.029934     Document Type: Article

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