Childhood injury prevention at home and play.
Curr Opin Pediatr
; 11(6): 578-82, 1999 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10590919
ABSTRACT
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States, and they create a significant burden of disability and financial cost. If motor vehicle-associated injuries are not considered, children are most commonly injured in their home and play environments. The reduction over the past 20 years in childhood deaths related to motor vehicle injury has been significant, but rates of childhood death due to other causes, such as firearms, have increased. This review focuses on several categories of injuries other than motor vehicle injuries and highlights a few recent successful community- and practice-based injury-prevention programs. In addition, recent epidemiologic studies describing risk factors for injury-related death are discussed. Injuries due to interpersonal violence and motor vehicles are covered elsewhere.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
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Article