Comparison of injury case fatality rates in the United States and New Zealand

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-76

  Spicer, R ^a,b   Miller, T ^b   Langley, J ^c   Stephenson, S ^c  

^a Pac Inst for Res and Evaluation ^*  (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c Injury Prevention Research Unit   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ASPHYXIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POISONING; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 17744392623     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.005579     Document Type: Article

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