Preventing battery ingestions: An analysis of 8648 cases

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1178-1183

  Litovitz, Toby ^a,b,c   Whitaker, Nicole ^a   Clark, Lynn ^a  

^a National Capital Poison Center   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Button battery ingestion; Disc battery ingestion; Injury prevention; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEARING AID; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PACKAGING; PARENT; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SWALLOWING; TELEPHONE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HEARING AIDS; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS;

EID: 77953042937     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3038     Document Type: Article

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