BMI and Risk of Serious Upper Body Injury Following Motor Vehicle Crashes: Concordance of Real-World and Computer-Simulated Observations

BACKGROUND: Men tend to have more upper body mass and fat than women, a physical characteristic that may predispose them to severe motor vehicle crash (MVC) injuries, particularly in certain body regions. This study examined MVC-related regional body injury and its association with the presence of d...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Shankuan, Kim, Jong-Eun, Ma, Xiaoguang, Shih, Alan, Laud, Purushottam W., Pintar, Frank, Shen, Wei, Heymsfield, Steven B., Allison, David B.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20361024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000250

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