Pediatric pedestrian injury

Topics in Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-38

  Vaca, Federico ^a   Kohl, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crash; Injury; Motor vehicle; Pedestrian; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746649770     PISSN: 01642340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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