Facial injury patterns in a UK paediatric population aged under 13 years

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 603-606

  Kidd, A J ^a   Beattie, T F ^a   Campbell Hewson, G ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FACIAL BONES; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MAXILLARY FRACTURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77955347715     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.075127     Document Type: Article

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