Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 295-297 , August 2009

Commentary: Thoracic Injury in Older Occupants: Challenged Human Crashworthiness

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 Section editors: Mary Pat McKay, MD, MPH; Todd Thoma, MD; Chris Kahn, MD, MPH; Catherine S. Gotschall, ScD

PII: S0196-0644(09)00620-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.009

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 295-297 , August 2009