Accuracy of medical and ambulance record restraint and crash data information for child occupants

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-50

  Bilston, L E ^a   Brown, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39449098087     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.017616     Document Type: Article

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