Seat belt placement resulting in uterine rupture

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 738-740

  Astarita, Denis Clement ^a,b   Feldman, Bernard ^a  

^a W Med Ctr Regional Trauma Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 0030901978     PISSN: 10796061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199704000-00028     Document Type: Article

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