Pattern of fatal head injuries due to vehicular accidents in Mangalore

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-77

  Menon, Anand ^a   Pai, Vishwas K ^a   Rajeev, A ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Head injury; Road traffic injury; Vehicular accident

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CONTUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX RATIO; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 38149025542     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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