Incidence and severity of head and neck injuries in victims of road traffic crashes: In an economically developed country

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-59

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b   Rahman, Yassir S Abdul ^c   Mitra, Biswadev ^d,e  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head and neck injury; Morbidity; Mortality; Motor vehicle injury; Passenger; Pedestrian; Qatar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149121282     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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