Reported incidence of injuries caused by street glass among urban children in Philadelphia

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-149

  Makary, Martin A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuts; Glass; Lacerations; Urban children

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLASS; HUMANS; INFANT; PHILADELPHIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032086521     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.2.148     Document Type: Article

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