Comparison of incidence of hospital utilization for poisoning and other injury types

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Spiller, Henry A ^a   Singleton, Michael D ^b  

^a Kentucky Regional Poison Control Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FIREARM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OVEREXERTION; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951539379     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600113     Document Type: Article

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