Two-wheel vehicular trauma: An age-based analysis

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1066-1070

  Wagner, Justin ^a   Rai, Ajit ^a   Ituarte, Felipe ^a   Tillou, Areti ^a   Cryer, Henry ^a   Hiatt, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84866769529     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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