The first 5 years since Trauma Center Designation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1128-1133

  Leung, Gilberto Ka Kit ^a,b   Chang, Annice ^a   Cheung, F C ^a   Ho, H F ^a   Ho, Wendy ^a   Hui, S M ^a   Kam, C W ^a   Lai, Albert ^a   Lam, K W ^a   Leung, M ^a   Liu, S H ^a   Lo, C B ^a   Mok, Francis ^a   Rainer, Timothy H ^a   Shen, W Y ^a   So, F L ^a   Wong, Gordon ^a   Wu, Amy ^a   Yeung, Janice ^a   Yuen, W K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Hong Kong; Injury; Outcome; Trauma system; TRISS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955779158     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fd5d62     Document Type: Article

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