Crash and occupant predictors of pulmonary contusion

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1091-1095

  O'Connor, James V ^a,b   Kufera, Joseph A ^a   Kerns, Timothy J ^a   Stein, Deborah M ^a   Ho, Shiu ^a   Dischinger, Patricia C ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Crash severity; Pulmonary contusions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DIVER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB INJURY; LUNG CONTUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; CONTUSION; LUNG INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651062391     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318164d097     Document Type: Article

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