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40. MVCs: Five Most Frequent Sources of Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

John E. Gough  and
Richard C. Hunt
John E. Gough
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Richard C. Hunt
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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Purpose: To determine the most frequent sources of injuries from the interior of motor vehicles involved in crashes.

Methods: We searched the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's National Accident Sampling System to determine the most frequent sources of injuries. This database includes sources of injuries resulting from crashes from January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1992.

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Poster Presentations
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 11 , supplement S2: Abstracts of Scientific Papers. The Twelth Annual Conference and Scientific Assembly of the National Association of EMS Physicians, 13-15 July 1996, Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego, California, USA , September 1996 , pp. S41
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1996