Pediatric pedestrian trauma study: A pilot project

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-136

  Hotz, Gillian A ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a,b   Nelson, Jacob ^a   Mishkin, David ^a   Castelblanco, Andrea ^a   Li, Pamela ^a   Duncan, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Injury Prevention; Intervention; Pedestrian; Pediatric; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3042551942     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580490435097     Document Type: Article

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