Pediatric window-cord strangulations in the United States, 1981-1995

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 1696-1698

  Rauchschwalbe, Renae ^a   Mann, N Clay ^b  

^a US Consumer Product Safety Commission   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRANGULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030920908     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.21.1696     Document Type: Article

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