Data sources for improving estimates of the global burden of injuries: call for contributors

Kavi Bhalla; James Harrison; Jerry Abraham; Nagesh N Borse; Ronan Lyons; Soufiane Boufous; Limor Aharonson-Daniel; Global Burden of Disease Injury Expert Group

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000001

Data sources for improving estimates of the global burden of injuries: call for contributors

PLoS Med. 2009 Jan 20;6(1):e1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000001.

Authors

Kavi Bhalla¹, James Harrison, Jerry Abraham, Nagesh N Borse, Ronan Lyons, Soufiane Boufous, Limor Aharonson-Daniel; Global Burden of Disease Injury Expert Group

Affiliation

¹ Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. kavi_bhalla@harvard.edu

Abstract

Kavi Bhalla and colleagues invite individuals and organizations to provide local injury data sources to help inform estimates of the global burden of injuries.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Data Collection / methods
Global Health
Humans
Incidence
Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology*
Wounds and Injuries / mortality