The epidemiology and chronobiology of epistaxis: An investigation of Scottish hospital admissions 1995-2004

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 361-365

  Walker, T W M ^a   MacFarlane, T V ^b   McGarry, G W ^c  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; EMERGENCY CARE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONOBIOLOGY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34648847368     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2007.01530.x     Document Type: Article

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