The Association Between Roofing Material and Head Injuries During the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Lei ^a   Lei, De lin ^a   He, Li sheng ^a   Liu, Yan pu ^a   Long, Yong ^a   Cao, Jian ^a   Cao, Meng ^a   Wei, Jian hua ^a   Zhao, Yi min ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHILD; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKULL FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRUCTURE COLLAPSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649091446     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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