Injuries to the head among children enrolled in special education

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1057-1061

  Limbos, Mary Ann P ^a   Ramirez, Marizen ^a,b   Park, Laura S ^b   Peek Asa, Corinne ^c   Kraus, Jess F ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BATH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD SUPERVISION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLASSROOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MULTIPLE DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PLAY; PLAYGROUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; SCHOOLS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 7644228085     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.11.1057     Document Type: Review

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