Injuries sustained in noncombat motor vehicle accidents during Operation Iraqi Freedom

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1551-1555

  MacGregor, Andrew J ^a   Mayo, Jonathan A ^a   Dougherty, Amber L ^a   Girard, Paul J ^b   Galarneau, Michael R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Military; Motor vehicle accident; Noncombat; Operation Iraqi Freedom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTUSION; DRIVER; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE STRAIN; NAVY; NECK INJURY; NONCOMBAT MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SPINE INJURY; SPRAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WAR; WOUND;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EXTREMITIES; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NECK INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864289833     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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