Femur Fractures in Infants and Young Children

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 558-560

  Brown, Desmond ^a,b   Fisher, Elliott ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 1842477820     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.4.558     Document Type: Article

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