Mortality from intentional and unintentional injury among infants of young mothers in Colorado, 1986 to 1992

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1077-1083

  Siegel, Carol D ^a,b,c   Graves, Patricia ^a   Maloney, Kate ^a   Norris, Jill M ^a   Calonge, B Ned ^a   Lezotte, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c Clinica Campesina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029842839     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170350079014     Document Type: Article

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