From the monthly archives: June 2008
Article published in:
American Family Physician – A peer reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians
2006 Dec 1;74(11):1864-9.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20061201/1864.html
Schnitzer PG.
University of Missouri-Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
ABSTRACT
Injuries are the leading cause of death in children and teenagers in the United States. The leading [...]
Everyday at the Poison Control Center we get numerous calls from incredulous parents that their toddler got into a bottle of pills. Here’s a news story I ran across from 2005 that gives a great example showing that these caps are not “childproof”.
The original news story can be found here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/24/earlyshow/living/ConsumerWatch/main793212.shtml
(CBS) Sometimes, it’s [...]
ScienceDaily (May 31, 2008) — According to a new study, knowledge of potentially toxic household substances among primary caregivers for young children is alarmingly poor. The results show that less than one-third of primary caregivers for children under the age of six could correctly estimate the toxicity of household poisons.
Led by Rika N. [...]
