Craniofacial injuries from slip, trip, and fall accidents of children

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Chang, Li Tung ^a   Tsai, Ming Che ^b  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Craniofacial injury; Falls

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CRANIOFACIAL INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTUSIONS; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACERATIONS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 34447342023     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000219142.15584.b8     Document Type: Article

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