Evaluation of the long-term trend in mortality from injury in a mature inclusive trauma system

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2069-2075

  Moore, Lynne ^a,b   Hanley, James A ^a   Turgeon, Alexis F ^b   Lavoie, André ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952113228     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0588-z     Document Type: Article

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