Suboptimal restraint affects the pattern of abdominal injuries in children involved in motor vehicle crashes

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 919-923

  Lutz, Nicolas ^a   Arbogast, Kristy B ^a   Cornejo, Rebecca A ^a   Winston, Flaura K ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b   Nance, Michael L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Restraint; Seat belt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0037981646     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00124-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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