Cranial computed tomography use among children with minor blunt head trauma: Association with race/ethnicity

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 732-737

  Natale, JoAnne E ^a   Joseph, Jill G ^b   Rogers, Alexander J ^c   Mahajan, Prashant ^d   Cooper, Arthur ^f   Wisner, David H ^a   Miskin, Michelle L ^g   Hoyle, John D ^e   Atabaki, Shireen M ^h   Dayan, Peter S ^f   Holmes, James F ^a   Kuppermann, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Data Coordinating Center ^*  (United States)

^g Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Data Coordinating Center   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84865606877     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.307     Document Type: Article

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