Driveway injuries in children: Risk factors, morbidity, and mortality

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 2 II, 2001, Pages 326-328

  Nadler, Evan P ^a   Courcoulas, Anita P ^a   Gardner, Mary J ^a   Ford, Henri R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Driveway; Light truck; Motor vehicle collision; Sport utility vehicle

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILES; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034884383     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.2.326     Document Type: Article

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