A child an hour: Burden of injury deaths among children under 5 in Pakistan

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 867-871

  Razzak, Junaid A ^a,b   Khan, Uzma Rahim ^a   Zia, Nukhba ^a   Azam, Iqbal ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Aman Healthcare Services   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD VERBAL AUTOPSY QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; INJURY PREVENTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84885842905     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303654     Document Type: Article

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