Analysis of 78 patients with spinal injuries in the 2008 Sichuan, China, earthquake

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 322-

  Chen, Rigao ^a   Song, Yuemin ^a   Kong, Qingquan ^a   Zhou, Chunguang ^a   Liu, Limin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LEG FRACTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SURVIVAL; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX INJURY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VICTIM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849094902     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090501-01     Document Type: Article

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