General health status and functional disability following injury in traffic crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-320

  Fitzharris, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Fildes, Brian ^a   Charlton, Judith ^a   Kossmann, Thomas ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Alfred ^*  (Australia)

^c NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Disability; Gender; Injuries; Pain; Quality of Life; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548104120     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701216533     Document Type: Article

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