Unintentional injury depictions in popular children's television programs

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-241

  Glik, D ^a   Kinsler, J ^a   Todd, W A ^a   Clarke, L ^a   Fazio, K ^a   Miyashiro, R ^a   Perez, M ^a   Vielmetter, E ^a   Flores, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 23844457906     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.004184     Document Type: Article

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