Incidence and risk factors of fall injuries among infants: A study in Greece

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1002-1006

  Dedoukou, Xanthi ^a   Spyridopoulos, Themis ^a   Kedikoglou, Simon ^a   Alexe, Delia Marina ^a   Dessypris, Nick ^a   Petridou, Eleni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONCUSSION; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUIPMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GREECE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NURSERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; COHORT STUDIES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4744364109     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.10.1002     Document Type: Review

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