Motor vehicle trauma: Analysis of injury profiles by road-user category

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-31

  Markogiannakis, H ^a,b,c   Sanidas, E ^a   Messaris, E ^b   Koutentakis, D ^a   Alpantaki, K ^a   Kafetzakis, A ^a   Tsiftsis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MOTORCYCLES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 30344486645     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.022392     Document Type: Article

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