Classroom injuries in Utah public schools

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 978-984

  Kramer, Michael D ^a,b   Lightfoot, Amy C ^b   Knight, Stacey ^b   Cazier, Calvert F ^c   Olson, Lenora M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Utah Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom injuries; Epidemiology; Pediatrics; Public health; School injuries

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; TEAR GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT INJURY REPORT; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

EID: 0041334001     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00318-X     Document Type: Article

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