Lumbar chance fracture associated with use of the lap belt restraint in an adolescent

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 148-149

  Walsh, Alan ^a,b   Sheehan, E ^a   Walsh, M G ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORSET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SEAT BELTS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041706607     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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