Epidemiology of injuries in metropolitan Tehran, Iran: a household survey

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 224-231

  Zangi, Mahdi ^a   Saadat, Soheil ^b   Nahidi, Shizar ^c   Svanström, Leif ^a   Mohammadi, Reza ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; external causes; injury; severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938417484     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2014.908220     Document Type: Article

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