European Journal of Pediatrics

, Volume 165, Issue 10, pp 732–733 | Cite as

Falls from highchairs

  • Johannes Schalamon
  • Herwig Ainoedhofer
  • Amulya K. Saxena
  • Thomas Petnehazy
  • Georg Singer
  • Michael E. Höllwarth
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Keywords

Highchair Falls Children 
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Notes

Acknowledgement

We thank the “Austrian Committee for Injury Prevention in Childhood (Grosse Schuetzen Kleine, Safe Kids Austria)” for their assistance in data analysis.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Johannes Schalamon
    • 1
  • Herwig Ainoedhofer
    • 1
  • Amulya K. Saxena
    • 1
  • Thomas Petnehazy
    • 1
  • Georg Singer
    • 1
  • Michael E. Höllwarth
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Pediatric SurgeryMedical University of GrazGrazAustria

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