Effectiveness of seatbelts in mitigating traumatic brain injury severity

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medicine and Neurology, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando 32827, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis 63103, USA.
³ New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York 10035, USA.
⁴ George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
⁵ Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77030, USA.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati 45221, USA.
⁷ Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo 94592, USA.
⁸ Department of Radiology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.

Latha Ganti et al. World J Emerg Med. 2021.

. 2021;12(1):68-72.

doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2021.01.011.

¹ Emergency Medicine and Neurology, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando 32827, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis 63103, USA.
³ New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York 10035, USA.
⁴ George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
⁵ Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77030, USA.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati 45221, USA.
⁷ Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo 94592, USA.
⁸ Department of Radiology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest.

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