Paediatric trauma epidemic: a call to action

Elizabeth M Keating^{1

2}, Raymond R Price³, Jeff A Robison¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
² Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Editorial

Elizabeth M Keating et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2019.

. 2019 Aug 1;3(1):e000532.

doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000532. eCollection 2019.

Elizabeth M Keating^{1

2}, Raymond R Price³, Jeff A Robison¹

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
² Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: accident & emergency; injury prevention; paediatric surgery; tropical paediatrics.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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