How adequate are emergency department home and leisure injury surveillance systems for cross-country comparisons in Europe?

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-22

  Jan Meerding, Willem ^a   Polinder, Suzanne ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^b   Petridou, Eleni Th ^c   Toet, Hidde ^d   van Beeck, Ed F ^a   Mulder, Saakje ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d National Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burden of injury; Home and leisure injury; Injury incidence; Injury surveillance; International comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LEISURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249124105     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300903523237     Document Type: Article

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