Open AccessTrauma Surveillance in Cape Town, South Africa
Author(s) -
Andrew Nicol,
Lisa M. Knowlton,
Nadine Schuurman,
Richard Matzopoulos,
Eiman Zargaran,
Jonathan Cinnamon,
Vanessa Fawcett,
Tracey Taulu,
S. Morad Hameed
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.5267
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , trauma center , demographics , injury prevention , injury severity score , poison control , emergency medicine , medical emergency , demography , family medicine , surgery , retrospective cohort study , sociology
Trauma is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. In many low- and middle-income countries, formal trauma surveillance strategies have not yet been widely implemented.
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