Trauma deaths outside the hospital: Uncovering the typology in Kenyan capital

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 570-574

  Saidi, Hassan ^a   Oduor, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Nairobi City Mortuary ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Autopsy; Trauma mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOPSY; BIOTYPOLOGY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INJURY; KENYA; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDE; THORAX INJURY;

AFRICA; AUTOPSY; TRAUMA MORTALITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880194201     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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