Cervical Spine Injury and Restraint System Use in Motor Vehicle Collisions

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 386-389

  Claytor, Brian ^a   MacLennan, Paul A ^b   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b   Rue III, Loring W ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, John S ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air bag; Cervical spine injury; Motor vehicle collision; Restraint system; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EXERCISE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPINAL INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1142286352     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000102491.46568.B3     Document Type: Article

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