Age-related patterns of injury in children involved in all-terrain vehicle accidents

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 854-858

  Kellum, Ethan ^a   Creek, Aaron ^a   Dawkins, Ross ^a   Bernard, Matthew ^a   Sawyer, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Campbell Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; All terrain vehicles; Body mass index; Children; Fracture; Injury; Patterns

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE; BODY MASS; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60549100709     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31818e198f     Document Type: Article

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