Prospective countywide evaluation of the effects of motor vehicle safety device use on hospital resource use and injury severity

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 627-634

  Henry, M C ^a   Hollander, J E ^a   Alicandro, J M ^a   Cassara, G ^a   O'Malley, S ^a   Thode H C , Jr ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029852925     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70085-9     Document Type: Article

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