The relationship between remoteness and trauma deaths in Western Australia

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 910-914

  Fatovich, Daniel M ^a   Jacobs, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility remoteness index of Australia; Remoteness; Trauma mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649092124     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181815a26     Document Type: Article

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