Downhill skiing injury fatalities among children

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-102

  Xiang, H ^a,b   Stallones, L ^c   Smith, G A ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SKIING; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; INJURY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344587157     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.004655     Document Type: Article

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