Paediatric driveway run-over injuries: Time to redesign?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1298, 2009, Pages

  Hsiao, Kai Hsun ^a   Newbury, Clinton ^b   Bartlett, Nita ^c   Dansey, Rangi ^c   Morreau, Philip ^a   Hamill, James ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Auckland Trauma Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DRIVEWAY RUN OVER INJURY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNICITY; FATALITY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; TELEPHONE; TIME; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 68349097187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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