Abbreviated injury scale unification: The case for a unified injury system for global use

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-323

  Garthe, Elizabeth ^a   States, John D ^b   Mango, Nicholas K ^a  

^a Garthe Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversions; Crash injuries; Cross walks; Injury classification; Injury databases; Injury severity; Maps; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0032791842     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199908000-00016     Document Type: Article

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