The socio—economic and demographic context of children’s emergency injury visits in Helsinki in 1991—1994

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-440

  Ahlamaa Tuompo, J ^a   Linna, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Injuries; Socio economic; Traumatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032246962     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-199812000-00009     Document Type: Article

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