Body wall thickness in adults and children-Relevance to penetrating trauma

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 506-509

  Sandler, Gideon ^a   Leishman, Sarah ^a   Branson, Helen ^b   Buchan, Craig ^b   Holland, Andrew J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body wall thickness; Children; Penetrating trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; THORAX INJURY; THORAX WALL; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950020094     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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