Accidental injury: Risk and preventative interventions

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-31

  Van Weeghel, Ingeborg ^a,c   Kendrick, Denise ^b   Marsh, Patricia ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of General Practice ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Injury prevention; Risk factors; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030748385     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.1.28     Document Type: Article

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