The impact of trauma in an urban pediatric orthopaedic practice

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2759-2764

  Ward, W Timothy ^a   Rihn, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELBOW FRACTURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; STATISTICS; SURGEON; TIBIA FRACTURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33845394791     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00046     Document Type: Article

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