Language matters: Unintentional strangulation, strangulation activity, and the "choking game"

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-94

  Katz, Kenneth A ^b   Toblin, Robin L ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHOKING GAME; GAME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRANGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; RECREATION; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 61449134106     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.517     Document Type: Letter

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