Home safety measures and the risk of unintentional injury among young children: A multicentre case-control study

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 883-887

  LeBlanc, John C ^a,d   Pless, I Barry ^b   King, W James ^c   Bawden, Harry ^a,d   Bernard Bonnin, Anne Claude ^e   Klassen, Terry ^f   Tenenbein, Milton ^g  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; INGESTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD WELFARE; HOUSING; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750130007     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050592     Document Type: Article

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