All-terrain vehicle crash factors and associated injuries in patients presenting to a regional trauma center

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 994-999

  Brandenburg, Mark A ^a,b   Brown, Sheryll J ^c   Archer, Pam ^c   Brandt Jr , Edward N ^d  

^a University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Saint Francis Hospital Tulsa   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

All terrain vehicles; Crashes; Head injuries; Mechanisms; Rollover

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; OKLAHOMA; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 36048930094     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31814b91fe     Document Type: Article

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