Injury prevention activities in U.S. trauma centres: Are we doing enough?

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 538-547

  McDonald, Eileen M ^a   MacKenzie, Ellen J ^a   Teitelbaum, Sandra D ^a   Carlini, Anthony R ^a   Teter Jr , Harry ^b   Valenziano, Carl P ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b American Trauma Society   (United States)

^c JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Injury prevention; Trauma centre

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FIRE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247492388     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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