Injury-related mortality in south africa: A retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 303-313

  Matzopoulos, Richard ^a   Prinsloo, Megan ^a   Pillay Van Wyk, Victoria ^a   Gwebushe, Nomonde ^a   Mathews, Shanaaz ^a   Martin, Lorna J ^b   Laubscher, Ria ^a   Abrahams, Naeemah ^a   Msemburi, William ^a   Lombard, Carl ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INJURY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928944667     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.145771     Document Type: Article

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