Victims of falls from a height surviving to hospital admission in two Singapore hospitals

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-206

  Ong, Adrian ^a   Iau, Phillip T C ^a   Yeo, Allen W Y ^b   Koh, M P ^b   Lau, Gilbert ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8444253782     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.3.201     Document Type: Article

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