Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 211, Issue 3 , Pages 355-360 , September 2010

Examination of the Impact of Airbags on Renal Injury Using a National Database

Abstract presented at the American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, Chicago, IL, October 2009.

Received 15 March 2010 ,Revised 4 May 2010 ,Accepted 7 May 2010.

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 Work was performed for the Crash Injury Research and Engineering network (CIREN) project at the University of Washington/Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in cooperation with the US Department of Transportation/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (USDOT/NHTSA). Funding was provided by the NHTSA under Cooperative Agreement Number DTNH22-05-H-11001. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the views of NHTSA.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.05.009

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 211, Issue 3 , Pages 355-360 , September 2010

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