The Association of Overweight and Ankle Injuries in Children

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-69

  Zonfrillo, Mark R ^a   Seiden, Jeffrey A ^a   House, Ellen M ^a   Shapiro, Eugene D ^a   Dubrow, Robert ^a   Baker, M Douglas ^a   Spiro, David M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ankle injuries; obesity; overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANKLE INJURY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; RISK;

EID: 38049012889     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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