Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 190-197 , April 2010

Controlled evaluation of injury in an international Safe Community: Kashmar, Iran

  • V. Rahimi-Movaghar

      Affiliations

    • Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    • Research Centre for Neural Repair, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationSina Trauma and Surgery Research Centre, Sina Hospital, Hassan-Abad Square, Imam Khomeini Avenue, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 11365-3876, Iran. Tel.: +98 915 342 2682, 66718311; fax: +98 216 670 5140.

Received 15 October 2009 ,Revised 14 January 2010 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.02.014

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 190-197 , April 2010

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