Personal watercraft injuries: 62 patients admitted to the San Diego county trauma services

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 571-573

  Kim, Choll W ^a   Smith, Jeffrey M ^a   Lee, Alex ^a   Hoyt, David B ^a   Kennedy, Frank ^b   Newton, Peter O ^c   Meyer, R Scott ^d  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Boating; Fractures; Jet Ski; Personal watercraft; Waverunner

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATELLA FRACTURE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER;

EID: 0141619234     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200309000-00005     Document Type: Article

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