Outcome of elderly patients injured at winter resorts

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 528-533

  Hopkins, Christy L ^a   Youngquist, Scott T ^a   Johnson, Eliza ^a   Madsen, Troy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; WINTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958056392     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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