THORACIC INJURIES IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN. A SURVEY

In this investigation patients with thoracic injuries were studied. The figures are gathered from the Department of Surgery, Linkoeping, between the years 1976-1980 and from the national registry of diagnoses 1977. Only patients alive on arrival at the hospital and admitted to a ward are included. Causes of injury, type of thoracic injury and number of registered diagnoses, ie, injuries after blunt thoracic trauma, in southern Sweden 1977 are listed in tabulated form. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The First Nordic Congress on Traffic Medicine, The Man, The Cause and The Victim, held June 8-11, 1982, in Linkoeping, Sweden.
• Corporate Authors:

  Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening

  P.O. Box 10043
  S-10055 Stockholm 10,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Elfstroem, J
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 119-121
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening
  • Publisher: Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automotive medicine; Conferences; Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Hospitals; Injuries; Statistics; Thorax
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• ITRD Terms: 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 2177: Hospital; 2163: Injury; 6555: Statistics; 2083: Thorax
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372621
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 91-7372-589-2
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1983 12:00AM