Pediatric airbag injuries: The Ohio experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-163

  Grisoni, Enrique R ^a,b,c   Pillai, Srikumar B ^a,b,c   Volsko, Teresa A ^a,b,c   Mutabagani, Khaled ^a,b,c   Garcia, Victor ^a,b,c   Haley, Kathy ^a,b,c   Schweer, Lynn ^a,b,c   Marsh, Eric ^a,b,c   Cooney, Donald ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbag injury; Pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECAPITATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033974256     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(00)90002-2     Document Type: Article

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