Effects of BMI on the risk and frequency of AIS 3+ injuries in motor-vehicle crashes

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages E88-E97

  Rupp, Jonathan D ^a,b,c   C Flannagan, Carol A ^a   Leslie, Andrew J ^a,b   Hoff, Carrie N ^c   Reed, Matthew P ^a   Cunningham, Rebecca M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NECK INJURY; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION; SPINE INJURY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84876279501     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20079     Document Type: Article

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