Review of traffic accident cases presenting to an adult emergency service in Turkey

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Aygencel, Gulbin ^a   Karamercan, Mehmet ^a   Ergin, Mehmet ^a   Telatar, Gokhan ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Characteristics of injuries; Emergency service; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER BIAS; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TETANUS TOXOID; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37149003902     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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