Clearing the cervical spine in victims of blunt trauma

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 398-401

  DiGiacomo, J Christopher ^a   Frankel, Heidi L ^a   Rotondo, Michael F ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0036100102     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.5.398     Document Type: Article

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