Television tipovers as a significant source of pediatric head injury

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 191-194

  Jea, Andrew ^a   Ragheb, John ^a   Morrison, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury; Skull fracture; Television; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICS; TELEVISION;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TELEVISION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037234994     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069098     Document Type: Article

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