%0 Journal Article
%T Seasonal Variation of Trauma in Western Massachusetts: Fact or Folklore?
%A Andrew Doben
%A Jane Garb
%A Jeffry Nahmias
%A Ronald I Gross
%A Shiva Poola
%J Archive of "Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open".
%D 2017
%R 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000120
%X Previous studies have demonstrated a significant relationship between weather or seasons and total trauma admissions. We hypothesized that specific mechanisms such as penetrating trauma, motor vehicle crashes, and motorcycle crashes (MCCs) occur more commonly during the summer, while more falls and suicide attempts during winter
%K seasonal variation of trauma
%K blunt trauma
%K motorcycle crashes
%K falls
%K seasonal variation of mechanism of trauma
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5887583/