Automobile versus pedestrian injuries: Does gender matter?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 617-622

  Starnes, Margaret J ^a   Hadjizacharia, Pantelis ^a   Chan, Linda S ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCORE; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN INJURY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC BONES; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958768792     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: 07364679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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