A New Characterization of Injury Severity

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 539-546

  Champion, Howard R ^a   Copes, Wayne S ^a   Sacco, William J ^a   Lawnick, Mary M ^a   Bain, Larry W ^a   Gann, Donald S ^b   Gennarelli, Thomas ^c   Mackenzie, Ellen ^d   Schwaitzberg, Steven ^e  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0025284041     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199005000-00003     Document Type: Article

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