Injuries and their relation to potential hazards in child day care

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Cummings, Peter ^a   Rivara, Frederick P ^a   Boase, Janice ^b   MacDonald, Jean K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Day care; Injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030154664     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.2.105     Document Type: Article

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