Alaska’s statewide trauma registry: A Useful Surveillance Tool for Injury Prevention Planning and Evaluation

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Johnson, Mark S ^a   Moore, Martha ^a  

^a Alaska Department of Health and Social Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury prevention; Injury surveillance; Trauma registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALASKA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATE GOVERNMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031265487     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-199711000-00005     Document Type: Article

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