Relationship between age and lower extremity fractures in frontal motor vehicle collisions

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-265

  Moran, Stephan G ^a,c,d   McGwin, Gerald ^a,c,d,e   Metzger, Jesse S ^a,c,d   Alonso, Jorge E ^b,c,d   Rue, Loring W ^a,c,d  

^a Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

^c Center for Injury Sciences   (United States)

^d Mercedes Benz CIREN Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related fracture; Bone mineral density; Crashworthiness; Elderly; Lower extremity fracture; Motor vehicle collision (MVC); Older adults; Older driver; Osteoporosis; Vehicle design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037298496     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000039261.19703.AA     Document Type: Article

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