Community Characteristics and Demographic Information as Determinants for a Hospital-Based Injury Prevention Outreach Program

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1344-1346

  Chang, David ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a,b   Phillips, Judith ^a   Baker, Deborah ^a   Yonas, Michael ^a   Campbell, Kurtis ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0344629898     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.12.1344     Document Type: Article

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