A retrospective study of geriatric trauma at a large teaching hospital after the 2008 wenchuan earthquake

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Wen, Jin ^a   Yang, Chen Lu ^a   Shi, Ying Kang ^a   Li, You Ping ^a   Ji, Yu Lin ^a   Liu, Jin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

earthquakes; geriatrics; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGED; ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL INJURY; SPINE INJURY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 77957561258     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1873-9598(10)70034-X     Document Type: Article

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