Community childhood injury surveillance: An emergency department-based model

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 361-366

  Zuckerbraun, Noel S ^a,b   Powell, Elizabeth C ^a,d   Sheehan, Karen M ^a   Uyeda, Andrew ^a   Rehm, Kris P ^a   Barlow, Barbara ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Injury; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISONING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2942750104     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000133609.04581.9f     Document Type: Article

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