Bunk bed-related injuries sustained by young children treated in emergency departments in the United States, 2001-2004, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System - All injury program

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-140

  Mack, Karin A ^a,b   Gilchrist, Julie ^a   Ballesteros, Michael F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BED; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEDS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34248198395     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.013193     Document Type: Article

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