Child Injury Prevention

• Main Author: David C. Schwebel (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2014
• Subjects: falls; abuse; pedestrian injury; head trauma; poisonings; child injury; motor vehicle safety; drowning; neglect; burns
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Injuries are among the leading causes of child morbidity and mortality worldwide [1]. Because injuries typically are incurred by healthy children engaging in daily activities, they can be particularly devastating to the injured child and his or her family, disrupting otherwise mentally and physicall...