Erratum: Influence of wet surfaces and fall height on pediatric injury risk in feet-first freefalls as predicted using a test dummy (Medical Engineering and Physics (2007) 27 (31-39) DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.09.005);Influence of wet surfaces and fall height on pediatric injury risk in feet-first freefalls as predicted using a test dummy

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-39

  Deemer, Ernest ^a   Bertocci, Gina ^a,b   Pierce, Mary Clyde ^b   Aguel, Fernando ^c   Janosky, Janine ^d   Vogeley, Ev ^e  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Falls; Femur fracture; Head injury; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; RISKS; SURFACES;

ANTHROMORPHIC TEST DUMMY (ATD); FALL HEIGHTS; HEAD INJURY CRITERIA (HIC); PEDIATRIC INJURIES;

PEDIATRICS;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPRESSION; FALLING; FEMUR; HEAD INJURY; LEG INJURY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10444282820     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.01.001     Document Type: Erratum

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