Ladder-Related Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments in the United States, 1990-2005

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 413-418

  D'Souza, Anjali L ^a   Smith, Gary A ^a   Trifiletti, Lara B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LADDER RELATED INJURY; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247503265     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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