
Injuries Among US Children With Different Types of Disabilities
Author(s) -
Sara A. Sinclair,
Hao Xiang
Publication year - 2008
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.2006.097097
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , injury prevention , national health interview survey , occupational safety and health , poison control , physical therapy , environmental health , population , pathology
We sought to determine whether risk of injury differs among children on the basis of the type of disability, and whether the characteristics of injury episodes differ by disability status.