Pedestrians in real world collisions

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 231-236

  Lane, Peter L ^a   McClafferty, Kevin J ^a   Nowak, Edward S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATALITY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WALKING;

EID: 0028261559     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199402000-00016     Document Type: Article

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