Fatal childhood injuries in Finland, 1971-2010

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-176

  Parkkari, Jari ^a,b,c   Mattila, Ville ^b,c,d,e   Kivistö, Juho ^d   Niemi, Seppo ^a   Palvanen, Mika ^a   Kannus, Pekka ^a,c,d,e  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DROWNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FALLS; FATAL INJURY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOME; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INJURY; INTOXICATION; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATIONS/CONTEXTS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION; SPORT; SPORTS/LEISURE FACILITY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME TREND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CHILD; CHILDREN; ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLS; FATAL INJURY; HOME; LONGITUDINAL; METHODOLOGY; POPULATIONS/CONTEXTS; PREVENTION; SPORTS; SPORTS/LEISURE FACILITY; TIME TREND; YOUTH;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISONING; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84878013683     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040387     Document Type: Article

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