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Asnakew Yigzaw
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"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>",
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"name": "Asnakew Yigzaw"
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"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/3682",
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"identifier": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:3682",
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"name": "A community-Based study of Injury in Bahir-Dar zuria woreda, west-Gojjam Administrative Zone"
}
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