Severity of injury measures and descriptive epidemiology

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-68

  Cryer, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL RECORD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645955245     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.011668     Document Type: Editorial

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