The abbreviated injury scale: Application to autopsy data

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-251

  Adams, Vernard I ^a,c   Carrubba, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Emergency Associates for Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury scale; AIS; Autopsy, statistics and numerical data; Injury scaling; Injury severity scale; ISS; Trauma severity indices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DROWNING; FALLING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LACERATION; LUNG CONTUSION; RIB FRACTURE; SKULL FRACTURE; STRANGULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; AUTOPSY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031751028     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199809000-00009     Document Type: Article

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