Association between upper extremity fractures and weight status in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 717-722

  Singer, Steven A ^a   Chamberlain, James M ^b   Tosi, Laura ^c   Teach, Stephen J ^b   Ryan, Leticia Manning ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractures; injury; obesity

Indexed keywords

ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPPER EXTREMITY FRACTURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; BONES OF UPPER EXTREMITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051788552     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318226c840     Document Type: Article

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