Fatal injuries of US citizens abroad

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 279-287

  Guse, Clare E ^a,c   Cortés, Leslie M ^a,b   Hargarten, Stephen W ^a   Hennes, Halim M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Department of Family and Community Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BURN; CITIZENSHIP; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DROWNING; FALLING; FIRE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34648816773     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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