Thesis Open Access
Asnakew Yigzaw
{ "description": "<p>A cross-sectional, community-based study of injury<br>\nwas conducted in Bahir-Dar Zuria Woreda between October<br>\nand December 1993. A study population of 13,286 was<br>\nsurveyed in five randomly selected kebeles, three of<br>\nwhich were rural and two urban. A four-week recall<br>\nperiod was used to estimate an incidence of injury of 550<br>\nper 1000 per year.<br>\nThe most common injuries were due to cutting and<br>\npiercing objects or other mechanical injury (61.2%),<br>\nanimal injury (11.2%) and falls (10%). The home and its<br>\nimmediate environment were the main sites of occurrence<br>\nof injury (52.7%), followed by roads or paths (21%) and<br>\nfarms (16.4%). Lower and upper extremities were the body<br>\nparts affected in 48% and 29% of cases respectively.<br>\nOver 81% of injuries in adults were occupational.</p>", "license": "http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by", "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Asnakew Yigzaw" } ], "headline": "A community-Based study of Injury in Bahir-Dar zuria woreda, west-Gojjam Administrative Zone", "image": "https://zenodo.org/static/img/logos/zenodo-gradient-round.svg", "datePublished": "1994-05-01", "url": "https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/record/1887", "@context": "https://schema.org/", "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:1887", "@id": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:1887", "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", "name": "A community-Based study of Injury in Bahir-Dar zuria woreda, west-Gojjam Administrative Zone" }
All versions | This version | |
---|---|---|
Views | 0 | 0 |
Downloads | 0 | 0 |
Data volume | 0 Bytes | 0 Bytes |
Unique views | 0 | 0 |
Unique downloads | 0 | 0 |