Epidemiology and contemporary patterns of trauma deaths: Changing place, similar pace, older face

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2092-2103

  Søreide, Kjetil ^a,b   Krüger, Andreas J ^a,b,c   Vårdal, Anne Line ^a   Ellingsen, Christian Lycke ^b   Søreide, Eldar ^a,b,d   Lossius, Hans Morten ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35449001237     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9226-9     Document Type: Article

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