Use of plain radiography to screen for cervical Spine injuries

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Mower, William R ^a   Hoffman, Jerome R ^a   Pollack Jr , Charles V ^b   Zucker, Michael I ^a   Browne, Brian J ^c   Wolfson, Allan B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0034956726     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.115946     Document Type: Article

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