Childhood injuries from motor vehicle-pedestrian collisions in Wuhan, The People's Republic of China

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 416-422

  Sun, Yi ^a   Zhou, Xin ^b   Jia, Cuiping ^a   Yan, Chunxiang ^b   Huang, Maohua ^b   Xiang, Huiyun ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan Children's Hospital   (China)

^c THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; China; Collisions; Injuries; Pedestrian; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645920986     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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