Preventable pediatric trauma deaths in Ontario: A comparative population-based study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1189-1194

  Diamond, Ivan R ^a,b   Parkin, Patricia C ^a,c   Wales, Paul W ^a,b   Bohn, Desmond ^a,c   Kreller, Margaret A ^a   Dykes, Evelyn H ^d   McLellan, Barry A ^b,e   Wesson, David E ^f,g  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Pediatric; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TRAUMATOLOGY; CAUSE OF DEATH; INJURY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 67651018553     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819adbb3     Document Type: Article

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