Pelvic and acetabular fractures in the United Kingdom: A continued public health emergency

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-22

  Solan, M C ^a,d   Molloy, S ^a   Packham, I ^a   Ward, D A ^b   Bircher, M D ^c  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetabular fracture; Audit; Pelvic fracture

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESUSCITATION; SKELETON TRACTION;

EID: 0346449409     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00264-X     Document Type: Article

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