Emergency department visits for nonfatal childhood injuries in Romania

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 268-275

  Oprescu, Florin ^a,c   Peek Asa, Corinne ^c,d   Young, Tracy ^c   Figan, Ioan ^b   Nour, Dan ^b  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Children's Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Fogarty Traumatic Injury Training Program ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department registry; Epidemiologic surveillance; Pediatric injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOMUTILATION; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTUSION; DOG BITE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FIGHTING; FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROMANIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROMANIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58149268243     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283026219     Document Type: Article

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