Open AccessPattern of childhood injury in a tertiary centre
Author(s) -
Rotimi O Aderibigbe,
Tolulope Ogunrewo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/ajps.ajps_12_21
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , medical emergency , public health , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , pediatrics , emergency medicine , emergency department , family medicine , poison control , psychiatry , nursing , pathology
Childhood injury and death have been projected to be a disease of public health significance, however, the trend in many developing countries of which Nigeria is one is still unknown. We, therefore, examine the pattern of childhood traumatic injury in our institution.