International Emergency Nursing
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 52-59 , January 2009

Incidence and severity of head and neck injuries in victims of road traffic crashes: In an economically developed country

  • Abdulbari Bener, PhD, FRSS, FFPH (Consultant & Head, Advisor to WHO)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
    • Department Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar, P.O. Box 3050 , Doha, Qatar. Tel.: +974 439 3765/3766; fax: +974 439 3769.
    • ,
  • Yassir S. Abdul Rahman, FRCSI (Consultant Trauma Surgeon)

      Affiliations

    • Accident and Emergency Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
    • ,
  • Biswadev Mitra, MBBS, FACEM (Consultant Emergency Physician)

      Affiliations

    • Emergency and Trauma Center, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Received 23 March 2008 ,Revised 20 July 2008 ,Accepted 21 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.07.007

International Emergency Nursing
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