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Fireworks injuries in children: A prospective study during the festival of lights

Narendra Kumar Bagri, Abhijeet Saha, Sudha Chandelia, Nand Kishore Dubey, Aditya Bhatt, Ashish Rai, Sameek Bhattacharya, Lalit K. Makhija

Emergency Medicine Australasia · 2013 · 33 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

We recommend parental supervision especially for males, wearing non-synthetic and non-flowing clothes, promoting branded crackers and educational campaigns in schools to curtail the rising trend in firework-related injuries in the paediatric population.

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