Work-related injuries: Injury characteristics, survival, and age effect

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 702-707

  Konstantinidis, Agathoklis ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   Kobayashi, Leslie ^a   Barmparas, Galinos ^a   Plurad, David ^a   Lam, Lydia ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958170371     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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