Intracluster correlation coefficient in multicenter childhood trauma studies

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 344-347

  Roudsari, Bahman ^a,b   Fowler, Raymond ^a   Nathens, Avery ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REGISTRIES; SHOCK, TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35548970267     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.015313     Document Type: Article

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