Spatiotemporal mapping of major trauma in Victoria, Australia

Beck, Ben; Zammit-Mangion, Andrew; Fry, Rich; Smith, Karen; Gabbe, Belinda

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Spatiotemporal mapping of major trauma in Victoria, Australia

Ben Beck

, Andrew Zammit-Mangion, Rich Fry

, Karen Smith, Belinda Gabbe

PLOS ONE, Volume: 17, Issue: 7, Start page: e0266521

Swansea University Authors: Rich Fry , Belinda Gabbe

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Background: Spatiotemporal modelling techniques allow one to predict injury across time and space. However, such methods have been underutilised in injury studies. This study demonstrates the use of statistical spatiotemporal modelling in identifying areas of significantly high injury risk, and area...

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Spatiotemporal mapping of major trauma in Victoria, Australia

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