Validity of hospital discharge data regarding intentionality of fatal pediatric injuries

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 644-647

  Olsen, Sonja J ^a   Durkin, Maureen S ^a,b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; death certificates; gender; hospital mortality; pediatrics; race; sensitivity and specificity; violence; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029844361     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199611000-00015     Document Type: Article

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