Long-term lower extremity prosthetic costs in children with traumatic lawnmower amputations

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1177-1181

  Loder, Randall T ^a,b,d   Dikos, Gregory D ^b   Taylor, Douglas A ^c  

^a Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Composite Inventions ^*  (United States)

^d RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COST; COST CONTROL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAWN MOWER; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; LEG;

EID: 9644287794     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.12.1177     Document Type: Article

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