Fractures among children: Incidence and impact on daily activities

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 194-197

  Kopjar, Branko ^a,b   Wickizer, Thomas M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032159304     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.3.194     Document Type: Article

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