Risk factors for injury mortality in rural Tanzania: A secondary data analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ae Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi ^a   Masanja, Honorati ^b   Kellerman, Ronel ^c   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^a  

^a KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84871065940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001721     Document Type: Article

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