Countrywide estimation of the burden of injuries in Greece: A limited resources approach

Journal of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 123-129

  Dessypris, N ^a   Petridou, Eleni ^a,b   Skalkidis, Y ^a   Moustaki, M ^a   Koutselinis, A ^a   Trichopoulos, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Extrapolation; Injury surveillance; Public health; Resources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; GREECE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0038664219     PISSN: 14766647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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