Temporal trends, gender, and geographic distributions in child and youth injury rates in Sweden

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-32

  Ekman, R ^a,b   Svanstrom L ^a   Langberg B ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NCO   (Sweden)

^c Stiftelsen Allmänna Barnhuset   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; REGISTRIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 13844262685     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.005074     Document Type: Article

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