Open AccessMotorcycle-related injuries at a university teaching hospital in north central Nigeria
Author(s) -
I C Elachi,
Benjamin B. Okunola,
W T Yongu,
Ndubuisi Oc Onyemaechi,
Odoyoh D. Odatuwa-Omagbemi,
Chukwukadibia N. Ahachi,
D D Mue
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.144693
Subject(s) - medicine , injury prevention , poison control , injury severity score , pedestrian , emergency department , occupational safety and health , emergency medicine , psychiatry , pathology , transport engineering , engineering
Motorcycle-related injuries lead to considerable morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to determine the pattern and outcome of motorcycle-related injuries at Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi, Nigeria.