Road traffic injuries in Yaoundé, Cameroon: A hospital-based pilot surveillance study

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1687-1692

  McGreevy, Jolion ^a   Stevens, Kent A ^a,e   Ekeke Monono, Martin ^b   Etoundi Mballa, Georges Alain ^c   Kouo Ngamby, Marquise ^c   Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Juillard, Catherine ^d  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Low middle lncome country; Motorcyclist; Pedestrian; Surveillance road traffic; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; KAMPALA TRAUMA SCORE; LACERATION; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLIST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PEDESTRIAN; PELVIS INJURY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84908030243     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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