The Association between Weight Status and Pediatric Forearm Fractures Resulting from Ground-Level Falls

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 835-838

  Ryan, Leticia Manning ^a   Teach, Stephen J ^b   Searcy, Kimberle ^c   Singer, Steven A ^d   Wood, Rachel ^a   Wright, Joseph L ^b,c   Hunting, Katherine L ^e   Chamberlain, James M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

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

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fall; fracture; injury; obesity

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; GROUND LEVEL FALL; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FOREARM INJURIES; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84949624198     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000628     Document Type: Article

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