Geriatric trauma

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 257-274

  Mandavia, D ^a   Newton, K ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID THERAPY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SYNCOPE; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0031935904     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70358-8     Document Type: Article

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