Maternal use of baby walkers with young children: Recent trends and possible alternatives

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-227

  DiLillo, David ^a   Damashek, A ^b   Peterson, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby walker; Exersaucer; Parental supervision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MISSOURI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035465014     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.3.223     Document Type: Article

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