An accident and emergency based child accident surveillance system: Is it possible?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 116-118

  Beattie, T F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency department; Accident prevention; Accident surveillance; Accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CODING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERROR; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVENTION;

ACCIDENTS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0029921445     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.2.116     Document Type: Article

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