Baseball-related injuries to children treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States, 1994-2006

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Lawson, Bradley R ^a   Comstock, R Dawn ^a   Smith, Gary A ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Baseball; Children; Injury; Pediatric; Sports; Trauma; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FRACTURE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARM INJURIES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249130679     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3796     Document Type: Article

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