All-terrain vehicle major injury patterns in children: A five-year review in Southwestern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-280

  Alawi, Khalid ^a   Lynch, Tim ^a   Lim, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

All terrain vehicles; Children; Injury pattern

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM FRACTURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CANADA; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIUS FRACTURE; REGISTER; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKULL FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 33749322010     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500013841     Document Type: Review

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