Safety in numbers: Are major cities the safest places in the United States?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Myers, Sage R ^a,b   Branas, Charles C ^b   French, Benjamin C ^b   Nance, Michael L ^a   Kallan, Michael J ^b   Wiebe, Douglas J ^b   Carr, Brendan G ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84884502261     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.05.030     Document Type: Article

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