Emergency department visits secondary to amusement ride injuries in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-426

  Loder, Randall T ^a,b   Feinberg, Judy R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amusement rides; Fractures; Orthopaedic trauma; Pediatric trauma; Sprains strains

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISLOCATION; ELBOW; EMERGENCY WARD; FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE; MUSCLE STRAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPRAIN; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 54049089279     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318175ca9d     Document Type: Article

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