Unsafe storage of poisons in homes with toddlers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 772-776

  Beirens, Tinneke M J ^a   van Beeck, Eduard F ^a   Dekker, Rieneke ^b   Brug, Johannes ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b National Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pre school children; Risk; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; EDUCATION; MEDICINE;

CLEANING PRODUCTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL SURVEY; MEDICINES SAFELY; PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN; UNINTENTIONAL INJURY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MALE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POISONING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33646365042     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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