How safe are day care centers? Day care versus home injuries among children in Norway

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-47

  Kopjar, Branko ^a   Wickizer, Thomas ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

accidents; child; day care centers; injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030033258     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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