Patterns of injury in belted and unbelted individuals presenting to a trauma center after motor vehicle crash: Seat belt syndrome revisited

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 418-424

  Porter, R S ^a   Zhao, N ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; LEG INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT INJURY; STERNUM; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINARY TRACT INJURY;

EID: 0031761037     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70169-6     Document Type: Article

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