Injuries, death, and disability associated with 11 years of conflict in Baghdad, Iraq: A randomized household cluster survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Lafta, Riyadh ^a   Al Shatari, Sahar ^b   Cherewick, Megan ^c   Galway, Lindsay ^d   Mock, Charles ^e   Hagopian, Amy ^e   Flaxman, Abraham ^e   Takaro, Tim ^d   Greer, Anna ^f   Kushner, Adam ^c   Burnham, Gilbert ^c  

^a MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

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

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CHILD; CONFLICT; CRUSH TRAUMA; DEATH; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLOSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INJURY; IRAQ; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY SIZE; INFANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942134282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131834     Document Type: Article

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