The severity of injury in children resulting from acts against civilian populations

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 666-670

  Amir, Lisa D ^a   Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^b   Peleg, Kobi ^b   Waisman, Yehezkel ^a   Alfici, R ^c   Ishtov, E ^c   Jeroukhimov, J ^c   Klein, Y ^c   Kluger, Y ^c   Michaelson, M ^c   Rivkind, A ^c   Shaked, G ^c   Simon, D ^c   Stein, M ^c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c Schneider Children's Med Ctr I ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CIVILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAB WOUND; THORAX INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ISRAEL; MALE; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 20144361815     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000157233.18787.cd     Document Type: Article

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