Pattern and severity of injuries in micro-scooter related accidents

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 571-572

  Adeboye, Kay ^a   Armstrong, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0036851002     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.19.6.571     Document Type: Article

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