A 21-year history of all-terrain vehicle injuries: has anything changed?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 789-792

  Bansal, Vishal ^a   Fortlage, Dale ^a   Lee, Jeanne ^a   Kuncir, Eric ^a   Potenza, Bruce ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

All terrain vehicles (ATVs); Helmet use; Injury prevention; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GOVERNMENT; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44349093641     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.05.049     Document Type: Article

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