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Trampoline-related injuries to childrenG A Smith
Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Columbus 43205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 152:694-9. 1998..To describe the epidemiological features of trampoline-related injuries among children treated in an urban pediatric emergency department...- Comparison of a personalized parent voice smoke alarm with a conventional residential tone smoke alarm for awakening childrenGary A Smith
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children s Research Institute, Children s Hospital, 700 Children s Dr, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Pediatrics 118:1623-32. 2006.... - Improving safety-restraint use by children in shopping carts: evaluation of a store-based safety interventionGary A Smith
Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 118:739-45. 2006..The main outcome measure of the study was the change in the proportion of children who were < 5 years old, riding in a shopping cart, and restrained correctly... 
Unintentional pediatric submersion-injury-related hospitalizations in the United States, 2003R H Cohen
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Inj Prev 14:131-5. 2008..6% of hospital admissions and 20.0% of hospital costs in our study. Prevention of submersion injury using focused, proven strategies deserves increased attention...- Personality disorders and nonfatal unintentional injuries among US adultsG Chen
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Research Institute at Nationwide Children s Hospital, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Inj Prev 14:180-4. 2008..To investigate the association between personality disorders and nonfatal unintentional injuries in a representative sample of US adults... 
Wheelchair related injuries treated in US emergency departmentsH Xiang
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children s Research Institute, Columbus Children s Hospital, OH 43205, USA
Inj Prev 12:8-11. 2006..To characterize the trend of wheelchair related injuries over time, and describe the demographics and characteristics of wheelchair users' injuries by age group...- Effectiveness of a pediatric trauma team protocolK E Nuss
The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Hospital, Columbus 43205, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 17:96-100. 2001.... - Shopping-cart-related injuries to childrenGary A Smith
Pediatrics 118:e540-4. 2006..Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding prevention of shopping cart-related injuries are included in the accompanying policy statement... - Ladder-related injuries treated in emergency departments in the United States, 1990-2005Gary A Smith
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children s Research Institute, Columbus Children s Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:413-8. 2007..Falls from ladders can result in serious injury and affect people of all ages. The purpose of this study was to comprehensively examine nonfatal ladder-related injuries on a national level... - School bus-related injuries among children and teenagers in the United States, 2001-2003Jennifer McGeehan
Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, Columbus Children s Research Institute, Children s Hospital, 700 Children s Dr, Columbus, OH 43205 2664, USA
Pediatrics 118:1978-84. 2006..The purpose of this work was to describe the epidemiology of nonfatal school bus-related injuries among children and teenagers aged < or = 19 years in the United States... - Impairment of reaction time among children awakened during stage 4 sleepMark Splaingard
Columbus Children s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Columbus, OH, USA
Sleep 30:104-8. 2007.... - Elevator-related injuries to children in the United States, 1990 through 2004Joseph O'Neil
Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 46:619-25. 2007..Children should be closely supervised on or near elevators to reduce the risk of injury... - Golf cart-related injuries in the U.SDaniel S Watson
College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, The Research Institute, Nationwide Children s Hospital, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:55-9. 2008..Injuries related to golf carts are an important and increasing problem for people of all ages. This study analyzes trends and potential causes of nonfatal golf cart-related injury on a national level... - Resale of recalled children's products online: an examination of the world's largest yard saleKeri Brown Kirschman
Department of Psychology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45409, USA
Inj Prev 13:228-31. 2007..To examine an online auction site for the presence and sale of children's products and toys previously recalled because of safety concerns... - Behavioral risk factors and unintentional injuries among U.S. immigrant adultsHuiyun Xiang
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children s Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:889-98. 2007..This study compared 10 risk-taking behaviors generally considered to be risk factors for injuries and unintentional nonfatal injuries between immigrant and U.S.-born adults... - Escalator-related injuries among older adults in the United States, 1991-2005Joseph O'Neil
Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, 702 Barnhill Drive, Room 1601, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Accid Anal Prev 40:527-33. 2008..Awareness of the risks and the circumstances leading to escalator injuries allows for better direction of intervention strategies on the part of injury prevention specialists... - Bunk bed-related injuries among children and adolescents treated in emergency departments in the United States, 1990-2005Anjali L D'Souza
Research Institute at Nationwide Children s Hospital, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, College of Medicine, 700 Children s Dr, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Pediatrics 121:e1696-702. 2008..Our goal was to comprehensively examine bunk bed-related injuries in the United States by using a nationally representative sample... - Children plus all nonautomobile motorized vehicles (not just all-terrain vehicles) equals injuriesChristy L Collins
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children s Research Institute, Children s Hospital, 700 Children s Dr, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Pediatrics 120:134-41. 2007.... - A comparison of nonfatal unintentional injuries in the United States among U.S.-born and foreign-born personsSara A Sinclair
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children's Research Institute, School of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
J Community Health 31:303-25. 2006..S.-born persons (23.7%, 95% CI: 19.7, 28.3 vs. 15.0%, 95% CI: 14.0, 16.2, respectively). This research is the first step in determining the morbidity from unintentional injuries among the foreign-born population in the U.S... - Differences in the risk associated with head injury for pediatric ice skaters, roller skaters, and in-line skatersChristy L Knox
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children s Research Institute, Children s Hospital, 700 Children s Dr, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Pediatrics 118:549-54. 2006..The goals were to describe the epidemiologic features of pediatric skating-related injuries sustained from 1993 to 2003 and to compare ice skating-related injuries with roller skating--and in-line skating-related injuries... - Bicycle-related injuries to children and parental attitudes regarding bicycle safetyHenry W Ortega
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 43:251-9. 2004..Parents support a mandatory helmet use law, and therefore, local and state bicycle helmet ordinances and laws should be combined with education... - Pediatric farm-related injuries: a series of 96 hospitalized patientsGary A Smith
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 43:335-42. 2004..41). Five children (5.2%) died, and one child with a severe brain injury was discharged to a long-term rehabilitation facility. Animals, especially horses, accounted for a large percentage of farm-related injuries in this population... - Firearm injury prevention: failure of gun-safety educationM Denise Dowd
Pediatrics 113:1847-8; author reply 1847-8. 2004 - Childhood bathtub-related injuries: slip and fall prevalence and preventionSandra P Spencer
The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 44:311-8. 2005..The large number of bathtub-related injuries associated with slips and falls argues for exploring a higher coefficient of friction standard for bathtubs, which may lead to fewer injuries... - Obesity and risk of nonfatal unintentional injuriesHuiyun Xiang
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children s Institute and Children s Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:41-5. 2005..Obesity is recognized as a risk factor for multiple chronic diseases. Yet, it is unclear whether obesity is also associated with an increased risk of nonfatal unintentional injury... - Health care access after injury by insurance type in a pediatric populationSarah Grim Hostetler
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children's Hospital and Children's Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 21:420-6. 2005..However, uninsured children were significantly more likely to be hospitalized after an injury than insured children. This latter relationship differs from overall patterns of health care utilization by insurance type... - Nonfatal injuries among middle-school and high-school students in Guangxi, ChinaGuanmin Chen
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children's Hospital, Children's Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43205, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1989-95. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Nonfatal injuries in middle-school and high-school students should be recognized as a significant public health concern in China... - Characteristics of pediatric traumatic amputations treated in hospital emergency departments: United States, 1990-2002Sarah Grim Hostetler
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 116:e667-74. 2005..Use of these technical countermeasures and changes in relevant product standards to promote their implementation and use could lead to a decrease in pediatric traumatic amputations... - Lawn mower-related injuries to childrenDavid Vollman
The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA
J Trauma 59:724-8. 2005.... - Success in the prevention of infant walker-related injuries: an analysis of national data, 1990-2001Brenda J Shields
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children s Research Institute, Children s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205 2664, USA
Pediatrics 117:e452-9. 2006..Here we describe the epidemiologic characteristics and secular trends of infant walker-related injuries among children who are younger than 15 months in the United States... - Epidemiology of lawn-mower-related injuries to children in the United States, 1990-2004David Vollman
Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 118:e273-8. 2006..By locating the no-mow-in-reverse override switch behind the ride-on mower operator, the operator would be required to look behind the mower before mowing in reverse... - Escalator-related injuries among children in the United States, 1990-2002Jennifer McGeehan
Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 118:e279-85. 2006..We describe the epidemiology of escalator-related injuries among children 0 to 19 years of age in the United States, with a focus on the pediatric population that is younger than 5 years... - Diving-related injuries in children <20 years old treated in emergency departments in the United States: 1990-2006Coral Day
Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Pediatrics 122:e388-94. 2008..The purpose of this work was to comprehensively examine diving-related injuries in the United States among children and adolescents <20 years of age...