Fijian seasonal scourge of mango tree falls

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 898-900

  Gupta, Anuj ^a,b   Reeves, Ben ^c  

^a Townsville Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Accidental injury; Fiji; Fore arm fracture; Mango tree; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FIJI; FOREARM; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACERATION; LEG FRACTURE; MALE; MANGO; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIUS FRACTURE; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; TESTIS INJURY; THIGH INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREE; ULNA FRACTURE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FIJI; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TREES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72349092927     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.05141.x     Document Type: Article

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