Engagement in safety practices to prevent home injuries in preschool children among white and non-white ethnic minority families

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 375-378

  Mulvaney, C ^a   Kendrick, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FIRE; HOME; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SMOKE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STORAGE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY AREAS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 11444256993     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.005397     Document Type: Article

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