The public health impact of minor injury

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 443-451

  McClure, Roderick J ^a,b   Douglas, Robert M ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injury; Injury severity scores; Outcomes; Public health

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL MORBIDITY; INJURY SEVERITY SCORES; MINOR INJURY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PUBLIC RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030176627     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(96)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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