Incidence, severity, and patterns of intrathoracic and intra-abdominal injuries in motorcycle crashes

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 548-553

  Kraus, Jess F ^a   Peek Asa, Corinne ^a   Cryer, H Gill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; Chest injury; Epidemiology; Injury Severity Score; Motorcycle crashes; Odds ratio; Trunk injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOTORCYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTORCYCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 0036125811     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200203000-00022     Document Type: Article

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