Epidemiology of child injuries in Uganda: challenges for health policy

Globally, 90% of road crash deaths occur in the developing world. Children in Africa bear the major part of this burden, with the highest unintentional injury rates in the world. Our study aims to better understand injury patterns among children living in Kampala, Uganda and provide evidence that in...

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Main Authors: Renee Yuen-Jan Hsia, Doruk Ozgediz, Sudha Jayaraman, Patrick Kyamanywa, Milton Mutto, Olive C. Kobusingye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2011-02-01
Series:Journal of Public Health in Africa
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Online Access:http://www.publichealthinafrica.org/index.php/jphia/article/view/29