Proportion of injury deaths with unspecified external cause codes: A comparison of Australia, Sweden, Taiwan and the US

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 276-281

  Lu, T H ^a   Walker, S ^b   Anderson, R N ^c   McKenzie, K ^b   Bjorkenstam, C ^d   Hou, W H ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d Swedish Causes of Death Registry   (Sweden)

^e E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34848840351     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.012930     Document Type: Article

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