Road traffic accidents as a major contributor to neurosurgical mortality in adults

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-145

  Ghani, Ehtesham ^a   Nadeem, Muhammad ^a   Bano, Atia ^a   Irshad, Sidra ^a   Zaidi, Ghalib Imam ^a   Khaleeq uz Zaman, A ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Death; Head injury; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; PAKISTAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROSURGERY; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038408693     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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