Injuries of the head, face, and neck in relation to ski helmet use

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-276

  Mueller, Beth A ^a,b   Cummings, Peter ^a,b,f   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b,c   Brooks, M Alison ^a,c,d   Terasaki, Rodney D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Pacific Medical Centers   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK INJURY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; ODDS RATIO; PACIFIC STATES; SEX FACTORS; SKIING;

EID: 39149085325     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318163567c     Document Type: Article

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