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Original Article

Falls in young children with minor head injury: A prospective analysis of injury mechanisms

Nir SamuelPediatric Emergency Department, ;Department of Pediatrics, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, and
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Ron JacobRappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, ;Department of Pediatrics, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, and
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Yael EilonUnit of Medical Statistics, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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Tania MashiachUnit of Medical Statistics, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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Itai ShavitPediatric Emergency Department, ;Department of Pediatrics, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, and Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 946-950 | Received 11 Jul 2014, Accepted 13 Jan 2015, Published online: 08 May 2015

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