Infant bath seats, drowning and near-drowning

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 305-307

  Byard, R W ^a,b   Donald, T ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bathtub seat; Drowning; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AUSTRALIA; BATH; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUSTRALIA; BATHS; DROWNING; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; NEAR DROWNING;

EID: 3042563490     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00375.x     Document Type: Review

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