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Research Article| Volume 10, ISSUE 4, P321-323, May 1979

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Severe thoracic intra-abdominal and vertebral injury occurring in combination in a patient wearing a seat belt

  • J.H. Stevenson
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    Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Mr J. H. Stevenson, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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    Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, U.K.
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      Abstract

      A case of combined thoracic, intra-abdominal and vertebral injury occurring in a patient wearing a seat belt is presented; the possible mechanisms are discussed.
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