Evidence for and impact of selective reporting of trauma triage mechanism criteria

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1011-1015

  Burstein, Jonathan L ^a   Henry, Mark C ^a   Alicandro, Jeanne M ^a   McFadden, Kim ^a   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; motor vehicle crashes; outcome studies; trauma triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029847394     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03344.x     Document Type: Article

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