Saturday-morning television: Do sponsors promote high-risk behavior for burn injury?

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-385

  Palmieri, Tina L ^a   Aoki, Traci ^a   Combs, Elena ^a   Curri, Terese ^a   Garma, Sylvia ^a   Kaulkin, Cammie ^a   Lawless, Mary Beth ^a   Nelson, Kate ^a   Sanders, Johanna ^a   Warden, Nancy ^a   Greenhalgh, David G ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FIRE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; SAFETY; SMOKE; SOCIALIZATION; TELEVISION; VIOLENCE;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIALIZATION; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142683680     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000132172.61345.E9     Document Type: Article

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