Perils of rib fractures

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 310-314

  Sharma, Om P ^a   Oswanski, Michael F ^a   Jolly, Shashank ^b   Lauer, Sherry K ^a   Dressel, Rhonda ^a   Stombaugh, Heather A ^a,c  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 41749086920     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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