Spinal injury in motor vehicle crashes: Elevated risk persists up to 12 years of age

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 546-548

  Brown, Julie ^a   Bilston, L E ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 67649708586     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.138818     Document Type: Article

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