Trends in paediatric injury rates using emergency department based injury surveillance

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-268

  Shepherd, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Incidence; Triage; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956018781     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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