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Head injuries incurred by children and young adults during informal recreation.

Author(s) -

S P Baker,

Caroline J. Fowler,

G Li,

Margaret Warner,

Andrew L. Dannenberg

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.4.649

Subject(s) - recreation , medicine , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , poison control , medical emergency , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , head (geology) , environmental health , head injury , emergency medicine , surgery , pathology , geomorphology , political science , law , geology

To examine injuries related to playground equipment, children's vehicles, roller skates, and skateboards, 1991 data on emergency room patients younger than 25 years in the Consumer Product Safety Commission's 91 surveillance hospitals were used. Head injury was the primary diagnosis for an estimated 58,480 patients, exceeding the total number of head injuries to bicyclists younger than 25 years. The head injury rate decreased with age. The large number and high rate of head injuries in children involved in a variety of recreational activities suggests the value of multipurpose helmets.

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