Incidence and lifetime costs of injuries in the United States

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Corso, P ^a,b   Finkelstein, E ^c   Miller, T ^e   Fiebelkorn, I ^d   Zaloshnja, E ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c RTI International ^*

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33747623062     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.010983     Document Type: Article

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