Global health: Injuries and violence

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 653-668

  Herbert, Hadley K ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Butchart, Alexander ^b   Norton, Robyn ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Burden of injury; Global health; Injury; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DROWNING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELDER ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052399688     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2011.06.004     Document Type: Review

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