Injury patterns and preventability in prehospital motor vehicle crash fatalities in Victoria

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 274-279

  Ryan, Matt ^a   Stella, Julian ^a   Chiu, Herman ^b   Ragg, Michael ^c  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Death; Prehospital; Prevention; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

EID: 4143058037     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00622.x     Document Type: Review

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