The New Zealand Blood Donors' Health Study: Baseline findings of a large prospective cohort study of injury

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 66-69

  Ameratunga, Shanthi N ^a   Norton, R N ^b   Whitlock, G ^c   MacMahon, S ^b   Coggan, C ^a   Jackson, R T ^a   Langley, J D ^d   Parag, V ^a   Smith, D ^a   Woodfield, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 19044395940     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.1.66     Document Type: Article

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