@article{ref1,
title="Fracture of the sternum in motor vehicle accidents and its association with mediastinal injury",
journal="Injury",
year="1990",
author="Otremski, I. and Wilde, B. R. and Marsh, J. L. and McLardy Smith, P. D. and Newman, R. J.",
volume="21",
number="2",
pages="81-83",
abstract="Sternal fractures occurred in 78 out of 2097 consecutive victims of road traffic accidents who required to attend hospital; an incidence of 3.7 per cent. They were most common in restrained, front seat vehicle occupants involved in frontal collisions, and their frequency increased with age. There was a positive association with visceral chest injury but the latter was not thought to be the cause of death in any individual. Follow-up of survivors 2-4 years later revealed potential cardiac sequelae in 6 per cent.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-1383",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}