Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 18-26 , January 2003

Facial trauma and the risk of intracranial injury in motorcycle riders

Received 8 March 2001 ,Revised 30 November 2001 ,Accepted 17 December 2001.

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☆ Dr. Peek-Asa is now with the Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA.

☆☆ Dr. McArthur is now with the Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

★ Supported by grant No. R49/CCR903622 to The Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center.

★★ Address for reprints: Jess F. Kraus, MPH, PhD, The Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, UCLA School of Public Health, 10911 Weyburn Avenue, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024; 310-794-2706, fax 310-794-0787; E-mail jfkraus@ucla.edu .

PII: S0196-0644(02)84924-1

doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.1

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 18-26 , January 2003

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