Thoracic trauma in the elderly

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-450

  Inci, I ^a   ozCelik C ^a   Nizam, O ^a   Eren, N ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly; Injury severity score; Thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THORACIC INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032248255     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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