Babywalkers: Prevalence of use and relationship with other safety practices

Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-298

  Kendrick, Denise ^a   Marsh, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032239659     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.4.295     Document Type: Article

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