Profile of trauma related mortality at Manipal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 393-398

  Singh, Bhoopendra ^a   Palimar, V ^a   Arun, M ^a   Mohanty, M K ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Burn; Death related trauma; Road traffic accident; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; ASSAULT; AUTOPSY; BODY REGIONS; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 55049087820     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v6i3.1722     Document Type: Article

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