Injury pattern, injury severity, and mortality in 33,495 hospital-admitted victims of motorized two-wheeled vehicle crashes in the Netherlands

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1363-1368

  Leijdesdorff, Henry Alexander ^a   Siegerink, Bob ^a   Sier, Cornelis Frederikus Maria ^a   Reurings, Martine Christina Bernadette ^b   Schipper, Inger Birgitta ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Mortality; Motorized two wheeled vehicles; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864533059     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318250cced     Document Type: Article

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