A year's trauma admissions and the effect of the weather

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-46

  Atherton, W G ^a,c   Harper, W M ^a   Abrams, K R ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NG2 7AB ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admissions; Day; Month; Rainfall; Season; Sunshine; Temperature; Trauma; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METEOROLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN; TEMPERATURE; WARD; WEATHER;

ADULT; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 10044255372     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.10.027     Document Type: Article

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