Unintentional childhood injury: a controlled comparison of behavioral characteristics
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Unintentional childhood injury: a controlled comparison of behavioral characteristics
BACKGROUND Childhood injury is a major public health problem around the world and those injuries have negative impacts on children and their families. The purpose of this study was to compare the behavioral characteristics between Chinese school-age children (6 to 11 years of age) with and without unintentional injuries and to identify behavioral risk factors for school-age children with uninte...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-2431
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0558-1