Motorcycle-related injuries: Effect of age on type and severity of injuries and mortality

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 441-446

  Talving, Peep ^a   Teixeira, Pedro G R ^a   Barmparas, Galinos ^a   DuBose, Joseph ^a   Preston, Christy ^b   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Injury; Mortality; Motorcycle; Outcome; Traffic crashes; Wounds and Injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FRACTURES, BONE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; LIVER; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249164631     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181cbf303     Document Type: Article

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