Youth motorcycle-related hospitalizations and traumatic brain injuries in the United States in 2006

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1141-1148

  Weiss, Harold ^a   Agimi, Yll ^b   Steiner, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Costs; Hospitalizations; Injury; Injury severity; Motorcycle; Nontraffic accidents; Scooters; Traffic accidents; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649648121     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0271     Document Type: Article

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