Epidemiology of major injury in the population of Friuli Venezia Giulia - Italy

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-400

  Di Bartolomeo, Stefano ^a   Sanson, Gianfranco ^b   Michelutto, Vanni ^a   Nardi, Giuseppe ^c   Burba, Ivana ^d   Francescutti, Carlo ^d   Lattuada, Luca ^d   Scian, Franca ^e  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Friuli Venezia Giulia Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^e Ospedale SM degli Angeli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accidents; Emergency Medical Services; Epidemiology; Italy; Mortality; Outcome and process assessment; Registries; Trauma centres; Trauma severity indices; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTRATION; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1642377166     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00246-8     Document Type: Article

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