Age-related differences in mechanism, cause, and location of trauma deaths

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-597

  Meisler, R ^a,i   Thomsen, A B ^a   Theilade, P ^b   Abildstrom, H ^c   Borge, P ^d   Treschow, M ^e   Korsgaard, G M ^f   Rasmussen, S W ^g   Bodtker, S ^f   Sylvest, A ^h   Rasmussen, L S ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e NYKØBING FALSTER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ Amager Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age factors; Mortality; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958859882     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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