Measuring the population burden of injuries--implications for global and national estimates: a multi-centre prospective UK longitudinal study.

Measuring the population burden of injuries--implications for global and national estimates: a multi-centre prospective UK longitudinal study.

Current methods of measuring the population burden of injuries rely on many assumptions and limited data available to the global burden of diseases (GBD) studies. The aim of this study was to compare the population burden of injuries using different approaches from the UK Burden of Injury (UKBOI) an...

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Main Authors: Ronan A Lyons, Denise Kendrick, Elizabeth M Towner, Nicola Christie, Steven Macey, Carol Coupland, Belinda J Gabbe, UK Burden of Injuries Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3232198?pdf=render

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