Sledding injuries: A rationale for helmet usage

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages

  Juang, David ^a   Feliz, Alexander ^b   Miller, Kelly A ^c   Gaines, Barbara A ^c  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Helmets; Pediatrics; Sledding; Toboggan; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PERINEUM INJURY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RURAL AREA; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; WINTER SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNOW SPORTS;

EID: 77958158594     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f1e81f     Document Type: Article

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