Seat-belt injuries in children involved in motor vehicle crashes

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 373-376

  Santschi, Miriam ^a,b   Echavé, Vincent ^a   Laflamme, Sophie ^a   McFadden, Nathalie ^a   Cyr, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PEDIATRICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TWINS;

EID: 27144538187     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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