Incidence and Impact of Unintentional Childhood Injuries: A Community Based Study in Rural South India.
Leeberk Raja InbarajAnuradha RoseKuryan GeorgeAnuratha BosePublished in: Indian journal of pediatrics (2016)
Unintentional childhood injury is a neglected public health problem which leads to sickness absenteeism and disability. Boys and older children are the most common victims of injury. There is a need for establishing state or nationwide injury registries to help understand accurate estimates of disability-adjusted life year (DALY) and loss of productivity.