Measures of injury severity in childhood: A critical overview

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 228-231

  Beattie, T F ^a   Currie, C E ^b   Williams, J M ^c   Wright, P ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; METHODS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032160558     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.3.228     Document Type: Review

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