Geographic analysis of traffic injury in Wisconsin: Impact on case fatality of distance to level I/II trauma care

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 26-31

  Durkin, Maureen ^a,b,e   McElroy, Jane ^a,c   Guan, Hui ^a,b   Bigelow, Wayne ^a,d   Brazelton, Tom ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Population Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology

^d Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WISCONSIN;

EID: 19144367016     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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