Pediatric and adolescent sledding-related injuries treated in US emergency departments in 1997-2007

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-524

  Howell, Candace A ^a   Nelson, Nicolas G ^a   McKenzie, Lara B ^a,b  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Injury; National Electronic Injury Surveillance System; Sledding; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSENSUS; CONTUSION; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEDDING; SPRAIN; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; TIME; WINTER SPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SNOW SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956292141     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1499     Document Type: Article

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