Accuracy of administrative data in trauma

Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-197

  Hunt, John P ^a,b,c   Baker, Christopher C ^a,b   Fakhry, Samir M ^a,b   Rutledge, Robert R ^a,b   Ransohoff, David ^a,b   Meyer, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AORTA INJURY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0032863301     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70154-6     Document Type: Article

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