Density of surgeons is significantly associated with reduced risk of deaths from motor vehicle crashes in US counties

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 862-866

  Chang, David C ^a   Eastman, Brent ^a   Talamini, Mark A ^a   Osen, Hayley B ^a   Tran Cao, Hop S ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79955633347     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.01.057     Document Type: Article

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