May 1, 1994 Thesis Open Access

Asnakew Yigzaw

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{
  "DOI": "10.20372/nadre:3682", 
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Asnakew Yigzaw"
    }
  ], 
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        1994, 
        5, 
        1
      ]
    ]
  }, 
  "abstract": "<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>", 
  "title": "A community-Based study of Injury in Bahir-Dar zuria woreda, west-Gojjam Administrative Zone", 
  "type": "thesis", 
  "id": "3682"
}