Skateboarding: More dangerous than roller skating or in-line skating

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 985-991

  Osberg, J Scott ^a,b   Schneps, Sue E ^a   Di Scala, Carla ^a,b   Li, Guohua ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SKATING; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031687158     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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