Scooter injuries in children in a Midwestern metropolitan area

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 650-652

  Anderson Suddarth, Julie L ^a,b   Chande, Vidya T ^c  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Blank Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Schoolchildren; Scooter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELBOW PAD; GLOVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE PAD; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOOTER INJURY; TECHNICAL AID; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; WRIST GUARD;

CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; IOWA; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 27144504205     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000181424.79600.45     Document Type: Article

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