Distal forearm fractures in New Zealand children: Annual rates in a geographically defined area

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1120, 2000, Pages 443-445

  Jones, Ianthe E ^a   Cannan, Rebecca ^a   Goulding, Ailsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; ULNA FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULNA FRACTURES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034721812     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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