Overcrowded motor vehicle trauma from the smuggling of illegal immigrants in the desert of the southwest

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1078-1082

  Lumpkin, Mary F ^a   Judkins, Dan ^a   Porter, John M ^a   Latifi, Rifat ^a   Williams, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEWSPAPERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 13844320757     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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9. Ibarra I. Police: smuggler runs over, kills girl, 16. The Arizona Daily Star Aug 8, 2003.
10. Swedlund E. Three Points collision kills Tucson man, 21. The Arizona Daily Star Apr 3, 2002.
11. Steiler T. Cops are helpless as migrant-van crashes mount. The Arizona Daily Star Oct 9, 2000.
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