Emergency department visits for sledding injuries in children in the United States in 2001/2002

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-185

  Skarbek Borowska, Sara ^a   Amanullah, Siraj ^a   Mello, Michael J ^a,b   Linakis, James G ^a,b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Injuries; Sledding

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; OVEREXERTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; WINTER SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; NECK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNOW SPORTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 31544443566     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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