"Please keep an eye on your younger sister": Sibling supervision and young children's risk of unintentional injury

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 398-402

  Morrongiello, Barbara A ^a   Schell, Stacey L ^a   Schmidt, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649782162     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.026377     Document Type: Article

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