Epidemiology of injuries presenting to the accident centre of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Epidemiology of injuries presenting to the accident centre of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Abstract Background Injuries directly lead to 5 million deaths every year, accounting for 9% of all deaths worldwide. While knowledge of the pattern of injuries is essential to plan health interventions to reduce the incidence of injuries, these are not thoroughly described in Ghana. The aim of this...

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Main Authors: Paa-Kwesi Blankson, Joachim K. A. Amoako, Kwaku Asah-Opoku, Francis Odei-Ansong, Margaret Y. Lartey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Injury
Accident
Epidemiology
Aetiology
Ghana
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-019-0252-3

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