Epidemiology of Childhood Fractures in Britain: A Study Using the General Practice Research Database
Southampton General Hospital · University of Southampton · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Fractures account for 25% of accidents and injuries in childhood; however, the descriptive epidemiology of childhood fractures remains uncertain.
Age- and sex-specific incidence rates for fractures at various skeletal sites were derived from the General Practice Research Database (a population-based British cohort containing computerized medical records of approximately 7,000,000 residents) between 1988 and 1998.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 9.96
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 24
Authors
5- CCCyrus CooperCorresponding
Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton
- EDElaine Dennison
Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton
- HLH.G.M. Leufkens
Utrecht University
- NBNicholas Bishop
University of Sheffield
- TVTjeerd van Staa
Utrecht University, Southampton General Hospital, Procter & Gamble (United Kingdom), University of Southampton
Topics & keywords
- Incidence (geometry)
- Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Demography
- Population
- Pediatrics
- Cohort
- Cohort study
- Good health and well-being