Neurological injuries from car surfing: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-413

  Wang, Arthur ^a   Cohen, Alan R ^a   Robinson, Shenandoah ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Car surfing; Head injury; Head trauma; Injury prevention; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAR SURFING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BICYCLING; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; OHIO; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEVISION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 70449652538     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.PEDS08474     Document Type: Article

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