Actual Conditions of Accidents Occurred among the Babies and Infants in Gifu City.
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- INABA Ryoichi
- Department of Hygiene, Gifu University School of Medicine
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- OKUNO Masanori
- Gifu City Central Health Center
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- KOMURA Yoko
- Department of Hygiene, Gifu University School of Medicine
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- YOSHIDA Hideyo
- Department of Hygiene, Gifu University School of Medicine
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- IWATA Hirotoshi
- Department of Hygiene, Gifu University School of Medicine
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- Other Title
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- 岐阜市の乳幼児の事故の実態
- ギフシ ノ ニュウヨウジ ノ ジコ ノ ジッタイ
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To evaluate the actual conditions of accidents occurred among the babies and infants after their birth, questionnaire survey was performed on the seven kinds of accidents, namely, drowning, traffic accident, choking, burn, fall, swallowing a foreign substance and sewing up the wound. During the special health examination for infants in their 1.5 years of age, ?66 questionnaires were filled out by the their mothers living in Gif a city. The results obtained were as follows: 1. There were only half of the infants without experience of any of the seven kinds of accidents. 2. Among seven kinds of accidents, falls were most frequently experienced, and burn accidents were next frequently occurred in the infants. There were no significant differences between boys and girls in the experience rate of each accident. 3. Sex differences were observed in the domestic factors relating to the occurrence of accidents. Namely, in boys, the number of occurred traffic accidents were negatively correlated with the activity of play, and this value for crash from staires were related to the residence in the detached house. On the other hand, in girls, the numbers of occurred choking were correlated with the matter that her mother was a person who mainly took care of infant during the day time. The burn accidents were related to the activity of play and the matter that her mother was not a houswife and a person who mainly took care of her infant during the day time. In addition, the cases of swallowing foreign substances were negatively related to the numbers of the members of her family, and were related to the residence in the detached house. As all of the occurrence of the accidents were not explained by the factors used in this study, it was considered that it is necessary to add other factors in the future study.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology
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Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology 58 (3), 165-172, 1992
The Japanese Society of Health and Human Ecology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679979044864
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- NII Article ID
- 130002022454
- 10010706542
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- NII Book ID
- AN00236886
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- ISSN
- 1882868X
- 03689395
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- NDL BIB ID
- 3788498
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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