The epidemiology of hand injuries in the Netherlands and Denmark

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-327

  Larsen, Claus Falck ^a   Mulder, Saakje ^b   Johansen, Anne Mette Tranberg ^c   Stam, Christine ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b National Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Emergency departments; Hand injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HAND FRACTURE; HAND INJURY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; WOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DENMARK; FINGER INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 3242877795     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000024662.32024.e3     Document Type: Article

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