TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1985//
TI  - Road accidents epidemiology and consequences of head trauma for children
JO  - Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference
A1  - Dejeammes, M.
A1  - Biard, R.
A1  - Seriat-Gautier, B.
SP  - 55
EP  - 70
VL  - 13
IS  - 
N2  - Road accidents represent an important risk for children, be they pedestrians, cyclists or car passengers. In France, 646 children under 15 years old were killed in 1984. In order to specify the real distribution of risks, the circumstances and the lesional consequences of accidents, an epidemiological investigation has been set up at Marseille Nord Hospital in the pediatric surgery department. The analysis of the sample gathered during more than 2 1/2 years shows the high frequency of head injuries: child car passengers suffered the most serious ones. In the second order of frequency and severity were the injuries to lower and upper limbs suffered by child pedestrians and two-wheelers. The insight into severe head injuries confirms the greater propensity of children for recovering from skull and brain lesions than adults. (TRRL)<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2235-3151
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -