Unintentional injuries: Magnitude, prevention, and control

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-191

  De Ramirez, Sarah Stewart ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^b   Herbert, Hadley K ^b   Stevens, Kent ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Burden of injury; Emergency medical services; Global health; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY SEVERITY; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84861361065     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124558     Document Type: Review

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