Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 641-649 , July 2006

Unintentional injuries among school adolescents in Kathmandu, Nepal: A descriptive study

  • K. Poudel-Tandukar

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • ,
  • S. Nakahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • M. Ichikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • ,
  • K.C. Poudel

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • ,
  • A.B. Joshi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine and Family Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
    • ,
  • S. Wakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Received 24 January 2005 ,Revised 13 October 2005 ,Accepted 12 January 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00064-3

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.01.012

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 641-649 , July 2006

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