Child and adolescent injury as a result of falls from buildings and structures

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 267-273

  Pressley, J C ^a   Barlow, B ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; SEASONS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 26944467559     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.007724     Document Type: Article

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