Shopping cart-related injuries to children

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 825-827

  Smith, Gary A ^g   Baum, Carl R ^g   Dowd, M Denise ^g   Durbin, Dennis R ^g   Gardner, H Garry ^g   Sege, Robert D ^g   Weiss, Jeffrey C ^g   Wright, Joseph L ^g   Brenner, Ruth A ^a   Bryn, Stephanie ^b   Gilchrist, Julie ^c   Sinclair, Alexander ^d   Tinsworth, Deborah ^e   Warda, Lynne J ^f   Levin Goodman, Rebecca ^g  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^e US Consumer Product Safety Commission   (United States)

^f CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Children; Injury; Injury prevention; Safety; Shopping cart

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOPPING; STANDARD; ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PARENTS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748438136     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1215     Document Type: Review

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