Temporal and demographic variations in attendance at accident and emergency departments

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 531-535

  Downing, A ^a   Wilson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WINTER;

EID: 0036848865     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.6.531     Document Type: Article

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