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International Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 203204, 7 pages
Childhood Unintentional Injuries: Need for a Community-Based Home Injury Risk Assessments in Pakistan
1International Injury Research Unit (IIRU), Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
2Department of Emergency Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Received 15 August 2011; Revised 27 January 2012; Accepted 30 January 2012
Academic Editor: Julie Blatt
Copyright © 2012 Adnan A. Hyder et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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