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June 2, 2003
Study Shows Range of Injuries to Infants
By REUTERS

 
CHICAGO, June 1 (Reuters) � The most common injuries among young
children vary by age, with the most dangerous time coming at 15 to 17
months, according to a study published today in the journal
Pediatrics.

The study by the University of California reviewed 23,000 childhood
injuries, 636 of them fatal, from 1996 to 1998. It was intended to
alert parents and doctors to hazards.

The study found that in the first year of life falls were the main
source of injury before 3 months, battering at 3 to 5 months, falls
from furniture at 6 to 8 months, swallowing foreign objects at 9 to
11 months and hot liquid or vapors at 12 to 17 months. The injury
rate peaked at 15 to 17 months.

"This coincides with developmental achievements such as independent
mobility, exploratory behavior and hand-to-mouth activity," the
report said. 



Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company 


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