Lawnmower Injuries in the United States: 1996 to 2004

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-573

  Costilla, Vanessa ^a   Bishai, David M ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISTAL PHALANX; EMERGENCY CARE; EYE INJURY; FOOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HAND INJURIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; POACEAE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33646496205     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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