The prevalence of injury of any type in an urban emergency department population

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1688-1695

  Prekker, Matthew E ^a   Miner, James R ^a   Rockswold, Erik G ^a   Biros, Michelle H ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EAR INJURY; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT DISLOCATION; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SPRAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOOTH INJURY; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; TRAUMA CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749120398     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817db0f1     Document Type: Article

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