Renal Injury Mechanisms of Motor Vehicle Collisions: Analysis of the Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network Data Set

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 935-940

  Kuan, James K ^a   Kaufman, Robert ^b   Wright, Jonathan L ^a,b   Mock, Charles ^a,b   Nathens, Avery B ^c   Wessells, Hunter ^a,b   Bulger, Eileen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

accidents; automobiles; biomechanics; kidney; traffic; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CRASH INJURY RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING NETWORK DATABASE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; KIDNEY INJURY; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547672632     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.046     Document Type: Article

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