Differences between the sexes in motorcycle-related injuries and fatalities at a Taiwanese level I trauma center

Biomedical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 113-120

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^a   Hsu, Shiun Yuan ^a   Hsieh, Hsiao Yun ^a   Chen, Yi Chun ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Female; Injury severity; Male; Motorcycle; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD; HELMET; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECK; NEWBORN; PROPENSITY SCORE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; THORAX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019010124     PISSN: 23194170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bj.2016.10.005     Document Type: Article

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