Falls from Height: Spine, Spine, Spine!

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 605-611

  Velmahos, George C ^a   Spaniolas, Konstantinos ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^a   de Moya, Marc ^a   Gervasini, Alice ^a   Petrovick, Laurie ^a   Conn, Alasdair K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE MORAL JUDGMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 33751051157     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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