Canada ranks in middle in child-injury mortality rate, report indicates.
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Canada's mortality rate from childhood injury is significantly higher than the rate in several other industrialized nations, a UNICEF report indicates
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Unintentional injury mortality in children: a priority for middle income countries in the advanced stage of epidemiological transition.
OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between the magnitude, and the relative importance of unintentional child injury mortality with socioeconomic development, and to conceptualise the dynamic changes in injury mortality within the framework of epidemiological transition. DESIGN Ecological cross sectional study using data on 51 countries. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The relationship between tot...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
دوره 164 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001