Causes of injuries resulting in a visit to the emergency department of a provincial General Hospital, Nyanza, western Kenya

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-261

  Ogendi, J O K ^a   Ayisi, J G ^b,c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Directorate of Research Management and Development   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Emergency; Hospitalization; Kenya; Visit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BURN; CHILD; DOG BITE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960976799     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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