Injury mortality rates in native and non-native children: A population-based study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-346

  Harrop, A Robertson ^a,c   Brant, Rollin F ^a   Ghali, William A ^a   Macarthur, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITAL STATISTICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34250311325     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200307     Document Type: Article

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