Pediatric pedestrian injuries: Emergency care considerations

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 738-744

  Chakravarthy, Bharath ^a,b   Vaca, Federico E ^a   Lotfipour, Shahram ^a   Bradley, Darlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Motor vehicle; Pedestrian; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COST; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FATALITY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PEDESTRIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37349027260     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318156acea     Document Type: Review

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