Unintentional injuries among children in resource poor settings: Where do the fingers point?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-38

  Balan, Bhuvaneswari ^a   Lingam, Lakshmi ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ACCIDENTAL PARAFFIN POISONING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AWARENESS; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DROWNING; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTOXICATION; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455170856     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300589     Document Type: Article

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