Trauma form documentation in major trauma

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1108, 2000, Pages 146-148

  Hamill, James ^b   Paice, Rhondda ^c   Civil, Ian ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034724528     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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