Utility of a near real-time emergency department syndromic surveillance system to track injuries in New York City

Injury Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Seil, Kacie ^a,b   Marcum, Jennifer ^a   Lall, Ramona ^c   Stayton, Catherine ^a  

^a Injury Surveillance and Prevention Program   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency service, hospital; Epidemiology; Public health surveillance; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT RELATED STABBING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RELATED INJURY; FIREARM RELATED INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD OF RESIDENCE; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; TRAFFIC RELATED INJURY; TRAFFIC RELATED INJURY TO MOTOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT; TRAFFIC RELATED INJURY TO PEDAL CYCLIST; TRAFFIC RELATED INJURY TO PEDESTRIAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042894512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21971714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40621-015-0044-5     Document Type: Article

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