A statewide population-based study of gender differences in trauma: Validation of a prior single-institution study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-18

  Gannon, Christopher J ^a   Napolitano, Lena M ^a,c   Pasquale, Michael ^b   Tracy, J Kathleen ^a   McCarter, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Lehigh Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036307393     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01187-0     Document Type: Article

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