TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Epidemiology of paediatric injury
JO  - Journal of accident and emergency medicine
A1  - Mazurek, A. J.
SP  - 9
EP  - 16
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
N2  - Thousands of young lives are lost every year as a result of accidents, and trauma remains the number one cause of paediatric death. There is a pattern and regularity to children's injury: boys are more often victims than the girls, most injuries occur during the summer months, the pedestrian child has usually been the victim of a road traffic accident (RTA) and, in 75% of these cases, has suffered head injury. The research into paediatric trauma is still very young. For instance, socio-economic and ethnic factors play a significant role in the statistics of accidental death. In order to take effective preventative measures more factors must be determined.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1351-0622
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -