Patterns of pediatric injury in South Africa: An analysis of hospital data between 1997 and 2006

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 168-174

  Herbert, Hadley K ^a,b   Van As, Arjan Bastiaan ^c   Bachani, Abdulgafoor M ^a   Mtambeka, Patricia ^c   Stevens, Kent A ^a   Millar, Alastair John Ward ^c   Hyder, Adnan A ^a  

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

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Pediatric trauma; injury; hospital surveillance.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CROSS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864185963     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824d67c3     Document Type: Article

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