What types of unintentional injuries kill our children? Do infants die of the same types of injuries? A systematic review

Clinics

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1107-1116

  Imamura, Janete Honda ^a   Troster, Eduardo Juan ^b   de Oliveira, Carlos Augusto Cardim ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOINVILLE REGION   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accidents; Injuries; Mortality; Multiple Trauma; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84867152243     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2012(09)20     Document Type: Review

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