A survey of cutlass ("Collins") injuries seen in the emergency department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-159

  Jones, J K ^a   Kommu, S ^a  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATING ROOM; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE; SPOUSE; STAB WOUND; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BARBADOS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0036758256     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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