Pedestrian injuries in an ageing society: Insights from hospital trauma registry

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1196-1201

  Loo, Becky P Y ^a   Tsui, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAUMATOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67651037162     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817fdef6     Document Type: Article

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