Forensic emergency medicine - Six-year experience of 13823 cases in a University Emergency Department

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 567-575

  Demircan, Ahmet ^a   Keleş, Ayfer ^a   Gürbüz, Neslihan ^a   Bildik, Fikret ^a   Aygencel, Şahender Gülbin ^a   Doǧan, Nurettin Özgür ^a   Derinöz, Okşan ^a   Akar, Taner ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide poisoning; Emergency medicine; Forensic medicine; Suicide; Traffic accidents; Violence

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HOSPITALS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTORS; VEHICLES;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; VIOLENCE;

MEDICINE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; ELECTRIC INJURY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CRIME; STAB WOUND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 56849133083     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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