Risk factors of earthquake inpatient death: A case control study

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wen, Jin ^a   Shi, Ying Kang ^a   Li, You Ping ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Cheng, Lan ^a   Gao, Zhan ^a   Li, Ling ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 62349109835     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7729     Document Type: Article

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