The epidemiology of traumatic cervical spine fractures: A prospective population study from Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fredø, Hege Linnerud ^a   Rizvi, Syed Ali Mujtaba ^b   Lied, Bjarne ^a   Rønning, Pål ^c   Helseth, Eirik ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Epidemiology; Incidence; Spinal fractures; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871393761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-85     Document Type: Article

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