Open AccessPediatric foreign body aspiration: How much does our community know?
Author(s) -
Aprajita Singh,
Dhruv Ghosh,
Clarence J. Samuel,
William Bhatti
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.72435
Subject(s) - medicine , accidental , population , international community , medical emergency , family medicine , environmental health , nursing , law , political science , physics , politics , acoustics
Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is one of the main causes of accidental death in childhood. This study was designed to evaluate the level of awareness of FBA and its resultant dangers in the community.