Traumatic injuries in developing countries: Report from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of Sierra Leone

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 463-469

  Stewart, Kerry Ann A ^a   Groen, Reinou S ^c,e,i   Kamara, Thaim B ^f   Farahzad, Mina M ^h   Samai, Mohamed ^g   Cassidy, Laura D ^h   Kushner, Adam L ^c,d,j   Wren, Sherry M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veteran's Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System   (United States)

^c Surgeons OverSeas   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LACERATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877868968     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.1341     Document Type: Article

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