Factors affecting injury severity of vehicle occupants following road traffic collisions

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 136-141

  Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,b   Eid, Hani O ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Energy; General linear model; Injury severity; Mechanism; Road traffic collision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIRBAG; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UTILIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84919860963     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.10.066     Document Type: Article

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