A review of injury epidemiology in the UK and Europe: Some methodological considerations in constructing rates

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Alexandrescu, Roxana ^a   O'Brien, Sarah J ^a   Lecky, Fiona E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; IRELAND; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE;

EUROPE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 68949145322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-226     Document Type: Review

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