Patterns of injury in indigenous Australians admitted to Cairns Base Hospital

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-106

  Macintosh, David J ^a   Pearson, J Belinda ^a  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous Australian; Injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORTHOPEDICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL COST; INCIDENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUEENSLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0042469527     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1584.2003.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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