Geographic variation of pediatric burn injuries in a metropolitan area

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 743-752

  Williams, Kristine G ^a,b   Schootman, Mario ^a   Quayle, Kimberly S ^a   Struthers, Jim ^a   Jaffe, David M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Pediatric injuries; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037772184     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.7.743     Document Type: Article

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