Assessment of the effects and limitations of the 1998 to 2008 Abbreviated Injury Scale map using a large population-based dataset

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Palmer, Cameron S ^a   Franklyn, Melanie ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78650955222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-1     Document Type: Article

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