Surveillance alone is not the answer

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 220-222

  Pless, Barry ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; STATISTICS;

CANADA; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 49949089087     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.019273     Document Type: Note

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