Illness and injury among children attending summer camp in the United States, 2005

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Yard, Ellen E ^a   Scanlin, Margery M ^b   Erceg, Linda Ebner ^c,d   Powell, Gwynn M ^e   Wilkins III, John R ^f   Knox, Christy L ^a   Comstock, R Dawn ^a,f,g  

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

^b American Camp Association   (United States)

^c Association of Camp Nurses   (United States)

^d Concordia Language Villages ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Illness; Injury; Summer camp; Surveillance and monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPORTING EVENT; SPRAIN; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WOUND; ADOLESCENT; INCIDENCE; INJURY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750941234     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0834     Document Type: Article

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