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Assessment of mental status at the drivers of the vehicles after using alcohol or drunk driving - Makara-Studzińska M, Latała-Łos E.
Alcohol changes the behavior and works toward making behavior carrying a risk, such as driving in the state of intoxication, work at height, using machines requiring full medical fitness, breach of security at work. The aim of the study was to present a pr...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Alcohol: the lubricant to suicidality - Ali S, Nathani M, Jabeen S, Yazdani I, Mouton CD, Bailey RK, Mahr M, Pate RJ, Riley WJ.
Suicide is a major public health problem in the United States as well as around the world. The significant role that alcohol plays in suicidality is well known and accepted in the scientific community. The use of alcohol does not necessarily lead to suicid...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Administrative reinstatement interlock programs: Florida, a 10-year study - Voas RB, Tippetts AS, Grosz M.
BACKGROUND: Interlocks reduce driving-under-the-influence (DUI) recidivism by 64%, but offenders resist installing them, preferring to risk driving while their driver's licenses are revoked. One method of motivating offenders to install an interlock is req...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Fractures in children younger than 18 months - Fassier A, Gaucherand P, Kohler R.
Fractures in children younger than 18 months occur before the usual walking age. The prognosis is favourable across fracture types and circumstances of occurrence. The cause is obvious in obstetrical injuries, whose risk factors have been well documented. ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Attention to the neglected: prospects for research on child neglect for the next decade - Boyce CA, Maholmes V.
In 1997, the National Institutes of Health within the United States Department of Health and Human Services reviewed the state of its research on child abuse and neglect (US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 1997). The...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
An unusual case of foreign body aspiration in an infant - Dias E.
Inhalation of foreign body is a serious condition in childhood and may result in acute respiratory distress, lung injury or death. A nine month old baby with history of severe respiratory distress, cyanosis and gasping breathing diagnosed as foreign body a...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
The continued importance of suicide prevention among the elderly in Japan - Inoue K, Fukunaga T, Fujita Y, Okazaki Y.
[Abstract unavailable]
Language: Eng...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Resident-to-resident violence triggers in nursing homes - Snellgrove S, Beck C, Green A, McSweeney JC.
Certified nurses' assistants (CNAs) employed by a rural nursing home in Northeast Arkansas described their perceptions of resident-to-resident violence in order to provide insight on factors, including unmet needs, that may trigger the phenomenon. Semistru...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Increased risk of hip fracture among older people using antidepressant drugs: data from the Norwegian Prescription Database and the Norwegian Hip Fracture Registry - Bakken MS, Engeland A, Engesæter LB, Ranhoff AH, Hunskaar S, Ruths S.
BACKGROUND: hip fractures are usually caused by a combination of reduced bone mineral density and falls; using antidepressant drugs may affect both of these. OBJECTIVE: we aimed to examine associations between exposure to antidepressant drugs and the risk ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Frequency and clinical features of suicide attempts in elderly patients in Japan - Kato K, Akama F, Yamada K, Maehara M, Saito M, Kimoto K, Kimoto K, Takahashi Y, Sato R, Ichimura A, Matsumoto H.
The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical features of suicide attempts in elderly patients (≥65 years) in Japan. We enrolled 546 patients who attempted suicide and were hospitalized for inpatient treatment. Characteristics were compared...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Who can best influence the quality of teenagers' cars? - Keall MD, Newstead S.
Objective: Because young drivers' vehicles have been found to offer poor occupant protection in many countries, this study sought to identify the most appropriate audience for information and publicity designed to change purchasing preferences to improve t...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The young and suicide - Omar HA, Merrick J.
No abstract available.
Language: Eng...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The dynamics of friendships and victimization in adolescence: a longitudinal social network perspective - Sentse M, Dijkstra JK, Salmivalli C, Cillessen AH.
This study investigated the development of relational and physical victimization in adolescent friendship networks over time. Using longitudinal social network analysis (SIENA) it was simultaneously tested whether similarity in victimization contributed to...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
The changing pattern of pediatric both-bone forearm shaft fractures among 86,000 children from 1997 to 2009 - Sinikumpu JJ, Pokka T, Serlo W.
Introduction Forearm fractures are common among children. Unlike most pediatric fractures, there is a risk of unsatisfactory results in forearm shaft fractures. The healing of a tubular bone is most unlikely in the diaphysis far away from the metaphyseal z...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Teen driver risk in relation to age and number of passengers, United States, 2007-2010 - Tefft BC, Williams AF, Grabowski JG.
Objective: To provide updated estimates of the relationship between the number and ages of passengers present in a vehicle and the crash risk per mile driven of 16- and 17-year-old drivers. Methods: Data on crashes that occurred in years 2007-2010 and data...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Suicide ideation in Jamaican youth: sociodemographic prevalence, protective and risk factors - Abell WD, Sewell C, Martin JS, Bailey-Davidson Y, Fox K.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation and examine the association between suicidal ideation and sociodemographic characteristics, protective and risk factors among Jamaican youth. METHOD: In this cross-sectional study, an interviewer ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Suicide among adolescents in Jamaica: what do we know? - Holder-Nevins D, James K, Bridgelal-Nagassar R, Bailey A, Thompson E, Eldemire H, Sewell C, Abel WD.
UNLABELLED: Suicide is increasingly acknowledged as a global problem. Yet little is known worldwide about suicide rates among adolescents. Several social factors that exist in Jamaica present as stressors and may predispose to suicide. Ascertaining prevail...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Suicidal ideations and sleep-related problems in early adolescence - Franic T, Kralj Z, Marcinko D, Knez R, Kardum G.
This study examined possible association between suicidal ideation and sleep-related problems. METHODS: A cross-sectional s...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Sexual coercion among in-school adolescents in Rwanda: Prevalence and correlates of victimization and normative acceptance - Van Decraen E, Michielsen K, Herbots S, Van Rossem R, Temmerman M.
This study assesses the preval...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Sex differences in structural brain asymmetry predict overt aggression in early adolescents - Visser TA, Ohan JL, Whittle S, Yücel M, Simmons JG, Allen NB.
The devastating social, emotional, and economic consequences of human aggression are laid bare nightly on newscasts around the world. Aggression is principally mediated by neural circuitry comprising multiple areas of the prefrontal cortex and limbic syste...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Prevalence and factors associated with perpetration of non-consensual sex among students of a tertiary institution in Ibadan, Nigeria - Olaleye OS, Ajuwon AJ.
This cross-sectional survey explored the extent to which students of the Polytechnic, Ibadan had perpetrated Non-Consensual Sex (NCS). A total of 594 randomly selected students completed a questionnaire and three perpetrators were interviewed in-depth. Mea...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Normative beliefs about aggression and cyber aggression among young adults: A longitudinal investigation - Wright MF, Li Y.
This longitudinal study examined normative beliefs about aggression (e.g., face-to-face, cyber) in relation to the engagement in cyber aggression 6 months later among 126 (69 women) young adults. Participants completed electronically administered measures ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Nonfatal road traffic injuries: can road safety campaigns prevent hazardous behavior? An italian experience - Zampetti R, Messina G, Quercioli C, Vencia F, Genco L, Bartolomeo LD, Nante N.
Objectives: Road traffic injuries are a widespread problem and are very difficult to prevent. The purpose of this study was to verify whether intensive versus basic road safety education programs are associated with different incidence and severity of nonf...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
New Jersey's license plate decal requirement for graduated driver licenses: Attitudes of parents and teenagers, observed decal use, and citations for teenage driving violations - McCartt AT, Oesch NJ, Williams AF, Powell TC.
Objectives: On May 1, 2010, New Jersey implemented a law requiring teenagers with learner's permits or probationary licenses to display reflective decals on the front and rear license plates when they drive. The current study examined attitudes of parents ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Methodology of the youth risk behavior surveillance system - 2013 -
Priority health-risk behaviors (i.e., interrelated and preventable behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youths and adults) often are established during childhood and adolescence and extend into adulthood. The You...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Licensing Age Issues: Deliberations from a Workshop Devoted to this Topic - Williams AF, McCartt AT, Mayhew DR, Watson B.
Objective: To highlight the issues and discuss the research evidence regarding safety, mobility, and other consequences of different licensing ages. Methods: Information included is based on presentations and discussions at a 1-day workshop on licensing ag...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Knowledge translation in sport injury prevention research: an example in youth ice hockey in Canada - Richmond SA, McKay CD, Emery CA.
[Abstract unavailable]
Language: Eng...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Interrupting violence: how the CeaseFire program prevents imminent gun violence through conflict mediation - Whitehill JM, Webster DW, Frattaroli S, Parker EM.
Cities are increasingly adopting CeaseFire, an evidence-based public health program that uses specialized outreach workers, called violence interrupters (VIs), to mediate potentially violent conflicts before they lead to a shooting. Prior research has link...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Injuries in male and female adolescent soccer players - Schneider AS, Mayer HM, Geißler U, Rumpf MC, Schneider C.
This study addresses the epidemiology of injuries in adolescent male and female soccer players in Germany. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to analyse the injuries in male and female youth soccer players in Germany. This study was designed as a cros...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Cyberbullying and the law: An overview of civil remedies - Camassar SD.
Cyberbullying is a pervasive and growing problem. Many states have bullying statutes, some of which specifically include prohibitions on cyberbullying, but most of these statutes do not include a private right of action—meaning victims need some other st...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Cognitive rest and school-based recommendations following pediatric concussion: the need for primary care support tools - Arbogast KB, McGinley AD, Master CL, Grady MF, Robinson RL, Zonfrillo MR.
This study included (1) a survey of general pediatric providers and (2) an electronic m...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Children's perspectives on cyberbullying: insights based on participatory research - Baas N, De Jong MD, Drossaert CH.
Cyberbullying is an emerging problem among youngsters. Although the current body of knowledge about cyberbullying is expanding rapidly, it lacks a more in-depth research approach honoring adolescents' perspectives on the problem. Moreover, very few studies...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Childhood clumsiness and peer victimization: a case--control study of psychiatric patients - Bejerot S, Humble MB.
BACKGROUND: Poor motor and social skills as well as peer victimization are commonly reported in both ADHD and autism spectrum disorder. Positive relationships between poor motor and poor social skills, and between poor social skills and peer victimization,...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Child and youth traffic-related injuries: use of a trauma registry to identify priorities for prevention in the United Arab Emirates - Grivna M, Barss P, Stanculescu C, Eid HO, Abu-Zidan FM.
Objective: Traffic-related injuries are the main cause of death during childhood and youth in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), use of safety restraints by citizens is uncommon, rollovers are frequent, and current legislation does not protect rear-seat occup...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Caregiver substance abuse and children's exposure to violence in a nationally representative child welfare sample - Seay KD, Kohl P.
Using data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being II (NSCAW II), this article examines the impact of caregiver substance abuse on children's exposure to violence in the home in a nationally representative sample of families involved wi...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Bullying, mental health, and parental involvement among adolescents in the Caribbean - Abdirahman HA, Bah TT, Shrestha HL, Jacobsen KH.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationships between peer victimization, mental health, and parental involvement among middle school students in the Caribbean. METHODS: Data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) conducted in the Cayman Islan...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Blood alcohol level tests in nightlife recreational settings as a preventive tool - Calafat A, Fernández-Hermida JR, Becoña E, Juan M, Duch M, Fernández Del Río E, Salvá J, Monzón S, Garcia 8211 Toro M.
Background: Getting drunk is a common practice in the nightlife context and is related to risk behaviors. One potentially preventive strategy would be to conduct breathalyzer (blood alcohol content level-BAC) tests in situ, encouraging the young people to ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Blaming the victim: the effects of extraversion and information disclosure on guilt attributions in cyberbullying - Weber M, Ziegele M, Schnauber A.
Cyberbullying victims' success in coping with bullying largely depends on schoolmates and other bystanders' social support. However, factors influencing the degree of social support have as yet not been investigated. In this article, the concept of victim ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Alcohol consumption and marijuana use in young adult Czechs - Csemy L, Sovinova H, Procházka B.
OBJECTIVES: The main objective of the study is to explore associations between alcohol consumption and marijuana use in young adults and to discuss the opportunities for brief intervention. METHODS: Face to face structured interviews were carried out with ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
After the flood: Resilience among tsunami-afflicted adolescents - Uttervall M, Hultman CM, Ekerwald H, Lindam A, Lundin T.
Background: About 7000 Swedish citizens were on Christmas holiday in the disaster area at the time of the South-east Asian tsunami in 2004, in many cases with children and adolescents in their families. Aims: To investigate how adolescents experience a tra...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Adolescent suicide: characterizing the need and identifying the predictive factors for preventive consultation or hospitalization in a rural community setting - Nair MK, Russell PS, Shankar SR, Subramaniam VS, Nazeema S, Mammen P, Chembagam N.
Abstract Background: Studies from India consistently document the highest suicide rates in the world, and the majority of completed suicides had been within adolescents. Objective: To characterize the need and identify the predictive factors for preventive...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 2, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Sonographic features associated with morbidity of chronic clinical presentations of schistosomiasis mansoni using the protocol proposed by the World Health Organization
CONCLUSION: The sonographic protocol proposed by the WHO can detect advanced periportal fibrosis in patients with severe form of disease with higher sensitivity than the isolated measurement of periportal space. The complexity involved in the sonographic identification of early stages of periportal fibrosis in endemic areas may give rise to the field of diagnostic supplementation and to a continued improvement of sonographic protocols in these areas.
Source: Radiologia Brasileira - March 1, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Prevalence and predictors of over-the-counter medication use among pregnant women: a cross-sectional study in the Netherlands
In this study possible predictors for OTC-medication use were identified and a model was designed to predict OTC-medication use during pregnancy.
Methods:
We performed a post-hoc analysis on data collected for a clustered clinical trial to study a screening strategy for Query fever. Pregnant women under supervision of a midwife were eligible for inclusion. These women filled out questionnaires during their pregnancy and post-partum. These questionnaires were used to determine the prevalence and to select possible predictors for OTC-medication use. These predictors were included in a prediction model using multivariate anal...
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - March 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gwenny VerstappenElise SmoldersJanna MunsterJan AarnoudseEelko Hak Source Type: research
The ethics of pediatric lead studies
In the current (March 21, 2013) issue of the New York Review of Books, Helen Epstein reviews the forthcoming book Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America’s Children by Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner. In the review, Epstein discusses the marketing of lead paint in the United States during the early and mid-twentieth century, as well as the important legal case of Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute.
As Epstein notes, by the time of the Great Depression public health experts knew that ingestion of lead paint chips frequently caused pediatric lead poisoning. At that time, many European nations ...
Source: The Poison Review - March 1, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical helen epstein kennedy krieger institute lead toxicity lead wars new york review of books paint Source Type: news
Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) for symptomatic endometriosis following surgery.
CONCLUSIONS: There is limited but consistent evidence showing that postoperative LNG-IUD use reduces the recurrence of painful periods in women with endometriosis. Further well-designed RCTs are needed to confirm these findings.
PMID: 23440798 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Abou-Setta AM, Houston B, Al-Inany HG, Farquhar C Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
Oral zinc for treating diarrhoea in children.
CONCLUSIONS: In areas where the prevalence of zinc deficiency or the prevalence of moderate malnutrition is high, zinc may be of benefit in children aged six months or more.The current evidence does not support the use of zinc supplementation in children below six months of age.
PMID: 23440801 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lazzerini M, Ronfani L Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
Antibiotics for treating acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease.
CONCLUSIONS: This update was unable to identify randomised controlled trials on efficacy and safety of the antibiotic treatment approaches for people with sickle cell disease suffering from acute chest syndrome. Randomised controlled trials are needed to establish the optimum antibiotic treatment for this condition.
PMID: 23440803 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Martí-Carvajal AJ, Conterno LO, Knight-Madden JM Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
Treating BCG-induced disease in children.
CONCLUSIONS: It is unclear if oral antibiotics (isoniazid, erythromycin, or a combination of isoniazid plus rifampicin) are effective for the resolution of BCG-induced disease. Most non-suppurated lymphadenitis will resolve without treatment in 4 to 6 months. Patients with lymphadenitis abscess might benefit from needle aspiration and possibly local instillation of isoniazid could shorten recovery time. Included studies were generally small and could be better conducted. Further research should evaluate the use of needle aspiration and local instillation of isoniazid in fluctuant nodes. Therapeutic and preventive measures ...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Cuello-García CA, Pérez-Gaxiola G, Jiménez Gutiérrez C Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
Exercise for improving outcomes after osteoporotic vertebral fracture.
CONCLUSIONS: No definitive conclusions can be made regarding the benefits of exercise for individuals with vertebral fracture. Although individual trials did report benefits for some pain, physical function and quality of life outcomes, the findings should be interpreted with caution given that findings were inconsistent and the quality of evidence was very low. The small number of trials and variability across trials limited our ability to pool outcomes or make conclusions. Evidence regarding the effects of exercise after vertebral fracture, particularly for men, is scarce. A high-quality randomized trial is needed to inf...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Giangregorio LM, Macintyre NJ, Thabane L, Skidmore CJ, Papaioannou A Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
Pharmacotherapy for hyperuricemia in hypertensive patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Meta-analysis was not possible in this systematic review. In the one study that matched the inclusion criteria allopurinol decreased "in office" and ambulatory systolic and diastolic BP. Because there was only one included RCT, the number of patients providing data on pharmacotherapy for hyperuricemia in hypertension is small and restricted to adolescents with recently diagnosed mild essential hypertension. Hence, there is insufficient evidence to recommend the use of allopurinol or other hypouricemic drugs as an initial or adjuvant treatment of hypertension and more RCTs are needed.
PMID: 23440832 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 1, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Gois PH, Souza ER Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
