Gender differences in rates of unintentional head injury in the first 3 months of life

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 178-180

  Greenes, David S ^a   Wigotsky, Michael ^a   Schutzman, Sara A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral trauma; Gender; Infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035352662     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0178:GDIROU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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