Victim profile and pattern of thoraco-abdominal injuries sustained in fatal road traffic accidents

Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-19

  Suresh Kumar Shetty, B ^a   Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Menezes, Ritesh G ^b   Bakkannavar, Shankar M ^c   Nayak, Vinod C ^c   Yoganarasimha, K ^d  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blunt force trauma; Road traffic accidents; Thoraco abdominal injuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867682432     PISSN: 09710973     EISSN: 09740848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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