Ethnicity of severe trauma patients: Results of a population-based study, Auckland, New Zealand 2004

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1316, 2010, Pages 26-32

  Creamer, Gowan ^a   Civil, Ian ^b   Ng, Alex ^b   Adams, David ^c   Čačala, Shas ^a   Koelmeyer, Timothy ^a   Thompson, John ^d  

^a Trauma Services Auckland City Hospital ^*

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953514781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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