All-terrain vehicle injuries at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (level II): Epidemiology, risks, and outcome

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1004-1008

  Thepyasuwan, Nattapaun ^a   Wan, Xiao T ^a   Davis, Vivian J ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABRASION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; ORGAN INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450248737     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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