Parent/caregiver supervision and child injury a systematic review of critical dimensions for understanding this relationship

Family and Community Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-135

  Petrass, Lauren ^a   Blitvich, Jenny D ^a   Finch, Caroline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Supervision; Unintentional injury; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549140369     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181994740     Document Type: Article

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