Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 41, Issue 11 , Pages 1854-1858 , November 2006

Factors influencing pediatric Injury Severity Score and Glasgow Coma Scale in pediatric automobile crashes: results from the Crash Injury Research Engineering Network

  • Peter F. Ehrlich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 734 764 5545; fax: +1 734 936 9784.
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  • J. Kristine Brown

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Mark R. Sochor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency, Medicine University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Stewart C. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Section of Trauma Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Martin E. Eichelberger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

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PII: S0022-3468(06)00461-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.06.012

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 41, Issue 11 , Pages 1854-1858 , November 2006

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