The child as a projectile

Anatomical Record

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 167-175

  Tibbs Jr , Robert E ^a,b,c   Haines, Duane E ^a   Parent, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ThinkFirst Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air bag; Brain injury; Child safety; Projectile child syndrome; Safety helmet; Seat belt; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

BICYCLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEATBELT INJURY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AIR BAGS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLING; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTION; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032419261     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199812)253:6<167::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Review

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