Child deaths due to injury in the four UK countries: a time trends study from 1980 to 2010.

Injuries are an increasingly important cause of death in children worldwide, yet injury mortality is highly preventable. Determining patterns and trends in child injury mortality can identify groups at particularly high risk. We compare trends in child deaths due to injury in four UK countries, betw...

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Main Authors: Pia Hardelid, Jonathan Davey, Nirupa Dattani, Ruth Gilbert, Working Group of the Research and Policy Directorate of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3707924?pdf=render