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The Injury Chart Book : a Graphical Overview of the Global Burden of Injuries.

This publication seeks to provide a global overview of the nature and extent of injury mortality and morbidity in the form of user-friendly tables and charts. It is hoped that the graphical representation of the main patterns of the burden of disease due to injury will raise awareness of the importa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Organization, World Health
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Summary of results
  • Introduction
  • I. An overview of the global burden of injury
  • II. Road traffic injuries
  • III. Fire-related burns
  • IV. Drowning
  • V. Fall-related injuries
  • VI. Poisoning
  • VII. Interpersonal violence
  • VIII. Suicide
  • Appendix 1: WHO Member States by geographical region and income level
  • Appendix 2: Population estimates for WHO regions by age group and sex, 2000 (millions).