Cyclist injuries treated in Emergency Department (ED): Consequences and costs in South-Eastern Finland in an area of 100 000 inhabitants

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine - 54th Annual Scientific Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 267-274

  Airaksinen, Noora ^a   Lüthje, Peter ^b   Nurmi Lüthje, Ilona ^c,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Kuusankosken Aluesairaala   (Finland)

^c Center for Injury and Violence Prevention   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; EASTERN FINLAND; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HEAD INJURIES; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; PATIENT RECORD;

BICYCLES; EMERGENCY ROOMS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICINE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CYCLING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FINLAND; HELMET; HUMAN;

BICYCLING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FINLAND; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 78650860375     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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