Trauma among American Indians in an urban county

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 320-327

  Sugarman, Jonathan R ^a,b,d   Grossmm, David C ^c  

^a INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d PRO West   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BITE; BLUNT TRAUMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN HEALTH; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030191474     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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