Rural-Urban Differences in Injury Hospitalizations in the U.S., 2004

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Coben, Jeffrey H ^a   Tiesman, Hope M ^a   Bossarte, Robert M ^a   Furbee, Paul M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57549118167     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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