Accidental strangulation by a motor vehicle window

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 345-346

  Strauss, Richard H ^a   Thompson, Jeffrey E ^a   Macasaet, Anthony ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Power window; Strangulation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RESPONSIBILITY; SEATBELT; STRANGULATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ASPHYXIA; AUTOMOBILES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 0030731242     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199710000-00013     Document Type: Article

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