Trauma surveillance in Cape Town, South Africa: An analysis of 9236 consecutive trauma center admissions

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 549-556

  Nicol, Andrew ^a   Knowlton, Lisa Marie ^b   Schuurman, Nadine ^c   Matzopoulos, Richard ^d   Zargaran, Eiman ^b   Cinnamon, Jonathan ^c   Fawcett, Vanessa ^e   Taulu, Tracey ^f   Hameed, S Morad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE USE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84903289269     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.5267     Document Type: Article

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