Vital Statistics: Estimating Injury Mortality in Kigali, Rwanda

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-13

  Kim, Woon Cho ^a,e   Byiringiro, Jean Claude ^b   Ntakiyiruta, Georges ^c   Kyamanywa, Patrick ^c   Irakiza, Jean Jacques ^c   Mvukiyehe, Jean Paul ^c   Mutabazi, Zeta ^c   Vizir, Jean Paul ^c   DeLaCroixAllenIngabire, Jean ^c   Nshuti, Steven ^c   Riviello, Robert ^d   Rogers, Selwyn O ^e   Jayaraman, Sudha P ^d,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rwanda University Teaching Hospitals (CHU)   (Rwanda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RWANDA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; VITAL STATISTICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROBABILITY; RWANDA; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAL STATISTICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027957729     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3258-3     Document Type: Article

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