Fatal injuries among urban children in South Africa: risk distribution and potential for reduction

OBJECTIVE: To determine the leading causes of fatal injury for urban South African children aged 0-14 years, the distribution of those causes and the current potential for safety improvements. METHODS: We obtained injury surveillance data from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System 2001-2...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Burrows, Ashley van Niekerk, Lucie Laflamme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2010-04-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010000400012&lng=en&tlng=en