Time and place of death from automobile crashes: Research endpoint implications

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 420-426

  Champion, Howard R ^a   Lombardo, Louis V ^a   Wade, Charles E ^a   Kalin, Ellen J ^a   Lawnick, Mary M ^a   Holcomb, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic crash notification; EMS; prehospital death; trauma research endpoints; vehicle crash

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEATH; FATALITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY RISK; PLACE OF DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME OF DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; TIME FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973322554     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001124     Document Type: Article

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