Pelvic trauma in rapidly fatal motor vehicle accidents

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 406-410

  Adams, Julia E ^a   Davis, Gregory G ^a,c   Alexander, C Bruce ^a,c   Alonso, Jorge E ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle accident; Pelvic fractures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; COCAINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CORONER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FATALITY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NOMENCLATURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDESTRIAN; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALABAMA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042700094     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200307000-00003     Document Type: Review

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