Injury
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 225-228 , May 2000

Road traffic accidents to African children: assessment of severity using the Injury Severity Score (ISS)

  • A.R.K Adesunkanmi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author
    • ,
  • L.M Oginni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
    • ,
  • O.A Oyelami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
    • ,
  • O.S Badru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

,Accepted 27 August 1999.

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