Pediatric pedestrian injuries: A community assessment using a hospital surveillance system

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 685-690

  Calhoun, Alice D ^a   Mcgwin Jr , Gerald ^b   King, William D ^c,e   Rousculp, Matthew D ^b,d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident, traffic; Alabama; Child; Hospital surveillance; Pedestrian injuries; Pediatrics; Prevention and control; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031870754     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02486.x     Document Type: Article

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