Unintentional pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2003

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-135

  Cohen, R H ^a   Matter, K C ^b   Sinclair, S A ^b   Smith, G A ^a   Xiang, H ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DROWNING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEAR DROWNING; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149169809     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.016998     Document Type: Article

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