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Association of Objective Measures of Trauma Exposure From Motor Vehicle Accidents and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Udgivet: 3. april, 2017
Fujita, Goro & Nishida, Yasushi – 2008

Associations of objective measures of trauma exposure with psychological sequelae following motor vehicle accidents (MVA) were examined in a Japanese population. Impact and injury severity of 93 MVA victims was assessed using on-the-scene in-depth investigations measured by the Injury Severity Score (ISS), barrier equivalent speed (BES), and change in velocity during the impact (Delta-v). Results showed that…