Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 199-202 , May 2010

Window Safety Devices

  • Mikki Meadows-Oliver, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Mikki Meadows-Oliver, PhD, Yale University School of Nursing, 100 Church St S, PO Box 9740, New Haven, CT 06536-0740

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 Conflicts of interest: None to report.

PII: S0891-5245(09)00376-9

doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.12.002

Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 199-202 , May 2010

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