The mechanism underlying the occurrence of traumatic brainstem lesions in victims of traffic accidents

Legal Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 84-89

  Gunji, Hirobumi ^a   Mizusawa, Ikubumi ^a   Hiraiwa, Kouichi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclists; Head injury; Hyperextension of the head; Inertia of the head; Pedestrians; Pontomedullary rent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; FEMALE; FORCE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; NECK; POLICE; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VICTIM;

EID: 0036332764     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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