Trauma epidemiology: Where are we today?;Epidemiologia traumatismelor - unde ne aflãm astãzi?

Chirurgia (Romania)

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 439-443

  Paun S ^a   Beuran, M ^a   Negoi, I ^a   Runcanu, A ^a   Gaspar, B ^a  

^a Spitalul Clinic de Urgenaã Bucureæti   (Romania)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DROWNING; FALLING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DROWNING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84874030051     PISSN: 12219118     EISSN: 1842368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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