Pediatric all-terrain vehicle injuries: Does legislation make a dent?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-101

  McBride, Allison S ^a   Cline, David M ^b   Neiberg, Rebecca H ^c   Westmoreland, Katherine D ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

All terrain vehicle; helmet use; legislation; pediatric trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79951679861     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31820942f8     Document Type: Article

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