Household cleaning product-related injuries treated in US emergency departments in 1990-2006

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 509-516

  McKenzie, Lara B ^a,b   Ahir, Nisha ^a   Stolz, Uwe ^c   Nelson, Nicolas G ^a  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Household cleaning products; Injuries; National Electronic Injury Surveillance System; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; AMMONIA; BLEACHING AGENT; CAUSTIC AGENT; DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; SOAP; TURPENTINE;

ABRASION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTUSION; DATA BASE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; KITCHEN; LAUNDRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956281136     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3392     Document Type: Article

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