Farm-related injury presenting to an Australian base hospital

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 292-302

  Franklin, Richard C ^a,b   Davies, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Children; Epidemiology; Surveillance; Tractor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1642464614     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2003.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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