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Trauma and motorcyclists; born to be wild, bound to be injured?

  • John D. Hinds

      Affiliations

    • Specialist Registrar Anaesthetics, Motorcycle Union of Ireland (MCUI) Medical Team, Regional Intensive Care Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, County Antrim BT12 6BE, Ireland
    • ,
  • Gareth Allen

      Affiliations

    • Specialist Registrar Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry BT476SB, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Craig G. Morris

      Affiliations

    • Consultant Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Medicine, Derby Royal Infirmary, London Road, Derby DE12QY, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

,Accepted 18 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.06.012

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