Epidemiology of injury and the impact of health disparities

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-325

  Brown, Rebeccah L ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare disparities; Injury; Pediatric trauma; Racial ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BURN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; MINORITY GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77952425882     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283395f13     Document Type: Review

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