The risk of death for jehovah’s witnesses after major trauma

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 967-972

  Varela, J Esteban ^a   Gomez Marin, Orlando ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Jehovah s Witnesses; Major trauma; Risk of death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; INJURY SCALE; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; MORTALITY; RELIGION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHRISTIANITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0038002688     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000048302.05312.FE     Document Type: Article

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