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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 4/2017

01-04-2017 | Editor's Spotlight/Take 5

Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Lawnmowers Versus Children: The Devastation Continues

Author: Matthew B. Dobbs, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 4/2017

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Mass-media campaigns have a solid track record of improving healthy behaviors. Road-safety campaigns, for instance, have reduced the number of automobile crashes and increased crash survival by promoting the use of seatbelts, infant booster seats, reductions in speeding, and the use of helmets for motorcyclists and bicyclists. Public-service announcements and advertisements have helped increase the number of children getting vaccinated, reduced the number of children dying from sudden infant death syndrome, and decreased the use of aspirin in young children due to potential dangerous side effects [5]. …
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Title
Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Lawnmowers Versus Children: The Devastation Continues
Author
Matthew B. Dobbs, MD
Publication date
01-04-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-017-5235-7

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