Studying injuries with case-control methods in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-105

  Cummings, P ^a   Koepsell, T D ^a   Weiss, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031963165     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70289-6     Document Type: Article

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