'The Demographics of Trauma in 1995' revisited: An assessment of the accuracy and utility of trauma predictions

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-214

  Eachempati, Soumitra R ^a   Reed II, R Lawrence ^b   St Louis, James E ^c   Fischer, Ronald P ^d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031687454     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199808000-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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