Drowning in Finland: "External cause" and "injury" codes

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 342-344

  Lunetta, Philippe ^a   Penttila A ^a   Sajantila, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; DROWNING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342488959     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.4.342     Document Type: Article

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