Personal and family predictors of children's medically attended injuries that occurred in the home

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-193

  Mott, Joshua A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Home injuries; Medically attended injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033195349     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.3.189     Document Type: Article

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