Traumatic brain injury after frontal crashes: Relationship with body mass index

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 727-729

  Tagliaferri, Fernanda ^a   Compagnone, Christian ^b   Yoganandan, Narayan ^c   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^c,d  

^a Ospedale Cesare Magati   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Frontal crashes; Motor vehicle accidents; Obesity; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL COLLISION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR BAGS; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149101192     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815edefd     Document Type: Article

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