Epidemiology of hand injuries in a middle-sized city in southern Sweden: A retrospective comparison of 1989 and 1997

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 347-355

  Rosberg, Hans Eric ^a   Dahlin, Lars B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hand injuries; HISS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 10644254469     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410022117     Document Type: Article

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