Understanding unintentional childhood home injuries: pilot surveillance data from Karachi, Pakistan
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Childhood Unintentional Injuries: Need for a Community-Based Home Injury Risk Assessments in Pakistan
Background. A substantial proportion of the annual 875,000 childhood unintentional injury deaths occur in the home. Very few printed tools are available in South Asia for disseminating home injury prevention information. Methods. Three tools were planned: an injury hazard assessment tool appropriate for a developing country setting, an educational pamphlet highlighting strategies for reducing h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Injury Prevention
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1353-8047,1475-5785
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040590a.1