Descriptions of motor vehicle collisions by participants in emergency department-based studies: Are they accurate?

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-334

  Lee, Young M ^a   Platts Mills, Timothy F ^b   MacWilliams, Joel B ^c   Sochor, Mark R ^d   Jones, Jeffrey S ^e   Domeier, Robert M ^f   Schneider, Lawrence W ^c   McLean, Samuel A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRBAG; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 84872579777     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.9.6621     Document Type: Article

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