The epidemiology of fractures in children

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 913-922

  Rennie, Louise ^a   Court Brown, Charles M ^b   Mok, Jacqueline Y Q ^a   Beattie, Thomas F ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34447324616     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.01.036     Document Type: Article

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