Retraction notice to "Sternal fractures are frequent among polytraumatised patients following high deceleration velocities in a severe vehicle crash" [Injury 39 (2008) 36-43] (DOI:10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.007);Sternal fractures are frequent among polytraumatised patients following high deceleration velocities in a severe vehicle crash

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-43

  Knobloch, K ^a   Wagner, S ^a   Haasper, C ^a   Probst, C ^a   Krettek, C ^a   Vogt, P M ^a   Otte, D ^a   Richter, M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crash; Injury; ISS; Polytrauma; Sternal fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DRIVING ABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNUM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 37549054674     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.03.014     Document Type: Erratum

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