The trauma burden in Port Moresby

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-99

  Watters, David A K ^a   Dyke, Timothy D ^a   Maihua, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW GUINEA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030154082     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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