Airbag associated fatal head injury: Case report and review of the literature on airbag injuries

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-142

  Cunningham, K ^a   Brown, T D ^a   Gradwell, E ^a   Nee, P A ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airbags; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0034113392     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.17.2.139     Document Type: Article

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