Optimal Restraint Reduces the Risk of Abdominal Injury in Children Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-131

  Nance, Michael L ^a   Lutz, Nicolas ^a   Arbogast, Kristy B ^a   Cornejo, Rebecca A ^a   Kallan, Michael J ^b   Winston, Flaura K ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEATBELT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0842283987     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000103068.51037.20     Document Type: Article

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