Emergency department visits for concussion in young child athletes

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bakhos, Lisa L ^a   Lockhart, Gregory R ^a   Myers, Richard ^a   Linakis, James G ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain concussion; Emergency medicine; Pediatrics; Sport medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; BICYCLE; CHILD; CONCUSSION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOTBALL; GROUPS BY AGE; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKATEBOARDING; SKIING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956285724     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3101     Document Type: Article

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