Escalator-related injuries among children in the United States, 1990-2002

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  McGeehan, Jennifer ^a,b   Shields, Brenda J ^a,b   Wilkins III, J R ^c   Ferketich, Amy K ^c   Smith, Gary A ^a,b  

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

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

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Escalator; Injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FALLING; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LACERATION; LEG INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; UNITED STATES; ACCIDENT; BUILDING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INJURY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACERATIONS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748414092     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1822     Document Type: Article

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