Fetal outcome in motor-vehicle crashes: effects of crash characteristics and maternal restraint

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450.e1-450.e9

  Klinich, Kathleen DeSantis ^a   Flannagan, Carol A C ^a   Rupp, Jonathan D ^a   Sochor, Mark ^a,c   Schneider, Lawrence W ^a,b   Pearlman, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

airbags; crash investigations; fetal loss; pregnancy; seatbelts; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 41349117173     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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