Children injured by violence in the United States: Emergency department utilization, 2000-2008

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 535-540

  Monuteaux, Michael C ^a   Lee, Lois ^a   Fleegler, Eric ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84861328480     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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