All-terrain vehicle safety in Florida: Is legislation really the answer?

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-153

  Winfield, Robert D ^a   Mozingo, David W ^a   Armstrong, John H ^a   Hollenbeck, John I ^a   Richards, Winston T ^a   Martin, Larry C ^a   Beierle, Elizabeth A ^a   Lottenberg, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; LACERATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; ORGAN INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; SKIN ABRASION; SKULL INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; STATE GOVERNMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949531745     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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