Fatal agricultural injuries in preschool children: Risks, injury patterns and strategies for prevention

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1723-1726

  Brison, Robert J ^a   Pickett, William ^a   Berg, Richard L ^b   Linneman, James ^b   Zentner, Jamie ^b   Marlenga, Barbara ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CRUSH TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; AGRICULTURE; CANADA; CHILD; INFANT; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGRICULTURE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33744971402     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050857     Document Type: Article

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