Blunt cervical spine injuries in Scotland 1995-2000

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 330-333

  Drainer, Elaine K ^a,b   Graham, Colin A ^a   Munro, Philip T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0037403834     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00260-7     Document Type: Article

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