Unintentional home injury in preschool-aged children: Looking for the key - An exploration of the inter-relationship and relative importance of potential risk factors

Public Health

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 404-411

  Ramsay, L J ^a,d   Moreton, G ^a   Gorman, Dermot R ^a   Blake, E ^a   Goh, D ^a   Elton, R A ^b   Beattie, T F ^c  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Rob Elton Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d Information and Statistics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Education; Injury; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

INJURY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 0142181132     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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