"Insignificant" mechanism of injury: Not to be taken lightly

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-152

  Velmahos, George C ^a,b   Jindal, Anurag ^a   Chan, Linda S ^a   Murray, James A ^a   Vassiliu, Pantelis ^a   Berne, Thomas V ^a   Asensio, Juan ^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

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035134129     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(00)00790-0     Document Type: Article

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