Pediatric eye injury-related hospitalizations in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Brophy, Megan ^a   Sinclair, Sara A ^a   Hostetler, Sarah Grim ^a   Xiang, Huiyun ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye injuries; Hospitalization; Pediatrics; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745309942     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1950     Document Type: Article

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