Naslov
War injuries among Children in Karlovac District, Croatia.

Autori
Kopjar, Branko, Wiik, Johns ; Žunić, Josip ; Koepsell, Thomas ; Scheidt, Peter ; Wickier, Thomas

Izvornik
American Journal of Public Health (0090-0036) 85 (1995), 8; 1163-1164

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pismo uredniku, stručni

Ključne riječi
children ; war ; wounds and injuries

Sažetak
Our findings highlight the public health importance of children injured by war weapons rather than by operations of war, a fact that is often obscured by casualties arising from war operations. In contrast to recent wide political and media attention to the problem of land mines, 1 the great majority of children in our study population were injured by other types of war weapons. Teenage boys appear to be a high-risk group for these injuries. This profile of injury cases re-sembles the descriptive epidemiological features of unintentional firearm-related injuries among children in the United States, suggesting that possible prevenlive efforts mighi henefil from prior experience with efforts to prevent firearm-related injuries in the United Stales and Canada. To address this problem, a commu¬nity-based injury prevention program has been initiated in Croatia and is currently being evaluated

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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