Emergency Department Visits for Injury in School-aged Children in the United States: A Comparison of Nonfatal Injuries Occurring Within and Outside of the School Environment

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 567-570

  Linakis, James G ^a   Amanullah, Siraj ^a   Mello, Michael J ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

child; injury; school

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646497897     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.11.073     Document Type: Article

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