Delta V as a predictor of significant injury for children involved in frontal motor vehicle crashes

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-125

  Nance, Michael L ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^b   Arbogast, Kristy B ^a   Winston, Flaura K ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DELTA V; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 30144439968     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000193838.11102.56     Document Type: Article

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