Seasonal variation in the incidence of wrist and forearm fractures, and its consequences

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-222

  Wareham, Karen ^a   Johansen, Antony ^a,b   Stone, Mike D ^a   Saunders, Julieann ^a   Jones, Sarah ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREARM FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WALES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0037338082     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00212-7     Document Type: Article

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