Asphyxiation by suffocation and strangulation in children younger than 15 years of age;Asfixia por sofocación y estrangulación en menores de 15 años

Gaceta Medica de Mexico

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 503-506

  Celis, Alfredo ^a,b,c   Hernández, Patricia ^a   Gómez, Zoila ^a   Orozco Valerio, María De Jesús ^a   Rivas Sousa, Mario ^a  

^a Instituto de Neurociencias   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c Departamento de Desarrollo Social ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asphixia; Mortality; Strangulation; Suifocation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; STRANGULATION;

EID: 8344243789     PISSN: 00163813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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