Increased all-terrain vehicle crash accidents in older riders

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 461-464

  Testerman, George M ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital Trauma Center   (United States)

Author keywords

All terrain vehicle (ATV); Elderly; US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; SAFETY; SPINE INJURY; STUDENT T TEST; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UROGENITAL TRACT INJURY; ACCIDENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TENNESSEE; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649139041     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181929b83     Document Type: Article

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