Motor vehicle collisions with large animals

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1116-1120

  Bashir, Masoud O ^a   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^b  

^a CMHS   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; CAMEL; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DEER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KANGAROO; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEATBELT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ADULT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MARSUPIAL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMELS; DEER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34447296491     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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