Characteristics and outcomes of injury patients in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population - Queensland Trauma Registry, Australia

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 964-969

  Irie, Fumiko ^a   Pollard, Cliff ^a,b   Bellamy, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; Australian indigenous; Comparison; Different age groups; Injury characteristics and trauma; Trauma registry

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956623538     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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