Keeping children safe at home: protocol for a matched case-control study of modifiable risk factors for poisoning
Majsak-Newman G., Benford P., Ablewhite J., Clacy R., Coffey F., Cooper N., Coupland C., Hayes M., Kay B., McColl E., Reading R., Sutton A., Stewart J., Watson MCR., Kendrick D.
BACKGROUND: Childhood unintentional and suspected poisonings are a serious public health problem. Evidence from systematic reviews demonstrates that home safety education in combination with safety equipment provision increases the safe storage of medicines and other products. There is lack of evidence that poisoning prevention practices reduce poisoning rates.