Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 66-69 , January 2008

The Association of Overweight and Ankle Injuries in Children

  • Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Present address: Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Penn.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mark R. Zonfrillo, MD, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
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  • Jeffrey A. Seiden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Present address: Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Penn.
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  • Ellen M. House, BS
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  • Eugene D. Shapiro, MD
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  • Robert Dubrow, MD, PhD
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  • M. Douglas Baker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Present address: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex.
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  • David M. Spiro, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Present address: Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore.

Received 3 April 2007 ,Accepted 10 August 2007.

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PII: S1530-1567(07)00145-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.08.003

Ambulatory Pediatrics
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