ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES IN RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWEST OF IRAN

A study has been carried out in 1992 to determine the incidence mortality and disability due to accidents and injuries in more than seven hundred thousand population under the coverage of Health Houses in East Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran. This study showed that burns, falls, road accident...

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Main Authors: M.R. Attari-Barough (Author), A. Nadim (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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