Fractures of the femoral shaft in children: Incidence, mechanisms, and sociodemographic risk factors

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 500-509

  Hinton, Richard Y ^a,b   Lincoln, Andrew ^a   Crockett, Michele M ^a,c   Sponseller, Paul ^a,c   Smith, Gordon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032901281     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199904000-00007     Document Type: Article

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