Traumatic rupture of thoracic aorta in real-world motor vehicle crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-161

  Bertrand, Samuel ^a,d   Cuny, Sophie ^c   Petit, Philippe ^b   Trosseille, Xavier ^b   Page, Yves ^b   Guillemot, Hervé ^b   Drazetic, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^c Centre Européen D'études de Sécurité et D'analyse des Risques   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Equivalent test speed; Intrusion; Rib fracture; Thoracic aorta; Traumatic rupture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; THORACIC AORTA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; CHILD; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FRANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT BELTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 41849150403     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701775777     Document Type: Article

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