Age thresholds for increased mortality of three predominant crash induced head injuries

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine - 52nd Annual Scientific Conference

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages 235-244

  Stitzel, Joel D ^a,b   Kilgo, Patrick D ^a,c   Danelson, Kerry A ^a,b   Geer, Carol P ^a   Pranikoff, Thomas ^a   Meredith, J Wayne ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEAD INJURIES; HIGH INCIDENCES; INJURY MECHANISMS; LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MAXIMAL RISKS; MORTALITY THRESHOLDS; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; MULTI VARIABLES; ODDS RATIOS; RECEIVER OPERATOR CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SAFETY DESIGNS; SAFETY LEGISLATIONS;

BRAIN; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEDICINE; MOTORS; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

VEHICLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849127866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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