Snowmobile trauma: 10 years, experience Manitoba's tertiary trauma centre

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-94

  Stewart, Rena L ^a   Black, G Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CANADA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KNEE DISLOCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; RECREATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SNOWMOBILE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; WINTER SPORT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SNOW SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 2442650426     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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