Home and other nontraffic injuries among children and youth in a high-income middle eastern country: A trauma registry study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1707-NP1718

  Grivna, Michal ^a   Barss, Peter ^a,c,d   Stanculescu, Cristina ^e   Eid, Hani O ^b   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Interior Health Authority   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

burns; child injury; epidemiology; falls; prevention; trauma registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; REGISTRIES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926365964     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511430252     Document Type: Article

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