Variations in admissions to hospital for head injury and assault to the head. Part 1: Age and gender

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 294-300

  Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a   Wilson, Richard C ^b   Moles, David R ^a   Bedi, Raman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BIOSTATISTICS; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER;

EID: 0032767446     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1998.0039     Document Type: Article

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