Injuries among disabled children: A study from Greece

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-230

  Petridou, Eleni ^a,b   Kedikoglou, S ^a   Andrie, E ^a   Farmakakis, T ^a   Tsiga, A ^a   Angelopoulos, M ^a   Dessypris, N ^a   Trichopoulos, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GREECE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0142139347     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.3.226     Document Type: Article

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