Bunk beds - A still underestimated risk for accidents in childhood?

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 440-443

  Mayr, Johannes M ^a   Seebacher, Ursula ^a   Lawrenz, Karin ^a   Pesendorfer, Patricia ^a   Berghold, Andrea ^a   Baradaran, Shamsalddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bunk bed; Child; Fall; Injury prevention; Side rail

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BED; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SKULL FRACTURE;

EID: 0034029611     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051303     Document Type: Article

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