Significant Injury in Cruise Ship Passengers. A Case Series

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-221

  Bansal, Vishal ^a   Fortlage, Dale ^a   Lee, Jeanne G ^a   Hill, Linda L ^b   Potenza, Bruce ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SHIP; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIPS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548399399     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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