Non-collision injuries in public buses: A national survey of a neglected problem

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-110

  Halpern, P ^a   Siebzehner, M I ^b   Aladgem, D ^a   Sorkine, P ^a   Bechar, R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECELERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SPINE INJURY; STANDING; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 13844281480     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.013128     Document Type: Article

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