Trends in injury-related incidence and mortality among inpatients in Guangdong Province in 1997-2001

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 333-340

  Li, Li Ping ^a   Wang, Sheng ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Injury; Medical care costs; Motor vehicle accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MORTALITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHINA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 8444222770     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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