Spinal fractures resulting from traumatic injuries

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-9

  Pedram, Heidari ^a   Reza, Zarei Mohammad ^b,c   Reza, Rasouli Mohammad ^b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,d   Vafa, Rahimi Movaghar ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Accidents traffic; Cross sectional studies; Retrospective studies; Spinal fractures; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; IRAN; LIMB INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77649211792     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1008-1275.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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