Sports-specific concerns in the young athlete: Baseball

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-220

  Yen, Karl L ^a   Metzl, Jordan D ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Commotio cordis; Elbow injury; Eye injury; Facial trauma; Head injury; Little league elbow; Pediatrics; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BASEBALL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; ELBOW INJURY; EYE INJURY; FACE INJURY; HAND INJURY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FACIAL INJURIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 0034048486     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200006000-00021     Document Type: Review

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