Determination of infant-safe homes in a community injury prevention program

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 397-402

  Brice, Jane H ^a,b,d   Overby, Barbara A ^e   Hawkins, Eric R ^a   Fihe, Elizabeth L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Orange County Emergency Management Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Neurosciences Hospital   (United States)

^e CB# 7594 ^*

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Home safety; Injury prevention; Paramedic; Pediatric injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745698425     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120600726007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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