Dupatta (long scarf) related injuries in female pillion riders in Karachi Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1458-1461

  Minhas, Muhammad Saeed ^a   Sangani, Muhammad Muzzammil ^a   Mehmood, Kashif ^a   Bhatti, Anissudin ^a   Mughal, Ayesha ^a   Kumar, Ranjeet ^a  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Dupatta; Entrapment; Female; Injuries; Pillion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DUPATTA ENTRAPMENT; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB INJURY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PELVIS INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLOTHING; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; PAKISTAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991384642     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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