Seatbelt use in qatar in association with severe injuries and death in the prehospital setting

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-552

  Munk, Marc David ^a   Carboneau, Dora M ^b   Hardan, Muhammed ^b   Ali, Faleh Mohamed ^b  

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

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

accidents; emergency medical services; prehospital; protective devices; Qatar; road traffic crashes; seatbelts; traffic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67651161971     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006397     Document Type: Article

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