Mortality pattern according to autopsy findings among traffic accident victims in Yazd, Iran

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Moharamzad, Yashar ^a   Taghipour, Hamidreza ^a   Hodjati Firoozabadi, Nader ^a,b   Hodjati Firoozabadi, Abolfazl ^b   Hashemzadeh, Mojtaba ^a   Mirjalili, Mehdi ^b   Namavari, Abed ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Yazd Forensic Medical Center   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic; Autopsy; Iran; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL BLEEDING; IRAN; LOWER LIMB HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDESTRIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 63049104287     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1008-1275(08)60067-X     Document Type: Article

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