The distribution of survival times after injury

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1562-1570

  Clark, David E ^a,b   Qian, Jing ^b   Sihler, Kristen C ^a   Hallagan, Lee D ^a   Betensky, Rebecca A ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864286041     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1549-5     Document Type: Article

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