The burden of terrorism: High rate of recurrent hospital referrals

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-82

  Avitzour, Malka ^a   Mintz, Yoav ^b   Liebergall, Meir ^b   Mosheiff, Rami ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burden; Recurrent hospital referrals; Terror victims; Terrorism; Trauma registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISRAEL; MALE; TERRORISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549068567     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.08.035     Document Type: Article

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