The 'seat belt mark' sign: A call for increased vigilance among physicians treating victims of motor vehicle accidents

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-185

  Velmahos, George C ^a,b   Tatevossian, Raymond ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEART CONTUSION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT INJURY; SKIN INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032912778     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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