Reducing accident death rates in children and young adults: The contribution of hospital care

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7067, 1996, Pages 1239-1241

  Roberts, Ian ^a,b   Campbell, Fiona ^b   Hollis, Sally ^c   Yates, David ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Manchester ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029849489     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7067.1239     Document Type: Article

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