Pediatric disaster preparedness: The potential role of the trauma registry

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Cassidy, Laura D ^a  

^a Children's Corporate Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; National databases; National Trauma Registry for Children; Pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA BASE; DISASTER PLANNING; FUNDING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; FACTUAL DATABASE; INJURY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349233807     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181af0aeb     Document Type: Article

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