TY - JOUR
T1 - Childhood Asphyxiation by Food
T2 - A National Analysis and Overview
AU - Harris, Carole Stallings
AU - Baker, Susan P.
AU - Smith, Gary A.
AU - Harris, Richard M.
PY - 1984/5/4
Y1 - 1984/5/4
N2 - Data on all identified food-related asphyxiations of infants and children aged 0 to 9 years in 41 states from 1979 to 1981 were analyzed by type of food and age of child. Nationally, one death occurred approximately every five days. More than 90% occurred in infants and children younger than 5 years and 65% in infants younger than 2 years. Round foods were most often mentioned of the 103 foods specifically identified on death certificates. Most frequently cited were hot dog products (17 cases, 17%), candy, ten; nuts, nine; and grapes, eight. Hot dogs caused deaths from infancy through 3 years (more than two thirds of all deaths from meat products) and seven of ten deaths in 3-year-olds. Characteristics of foods, children, and environment can be related to three phases of food asphyxiation: penetration, occlusion, and expulsion. Preventive measures include product modification, warning labels, and dissemination of information on high-risk foods.
AB - Data on all identified food-related asphyxiations of infants and children aged 0 to 9 years in 41 states from 1979 to 1981 were analyzed by type of food and age of child. Nationally, one death occurred approximately every five days. More than 90% occurred in infants and children younger than 5 years and 65% in infants younger than 2 years. Round foods were most often mentioned of the 103 foods specifically identified on death certificates. Most frequently cited were hot dog products (17 cases, 17%), candy, ten; nuts, nine; and grapes, eight. Hot dogs caused deaths from infancy through 3 years (more than two thirds of all deaths from meat products) and seven of ten deaths in 3-year-olds. Characteristics of foods, children, and environment can be related to three phases of food asphyxiation: penetration, occlusion, and expulsion. Preventive measures include product modification, warning labels, and dissemination of information on high-risk foods.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0021255729&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0021255729&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1001/jama.1984.03340410039029
DO - 10.1001/jama.1984.03340410039029
M3 - Article
C2 - 6708272
AN - SCOPUS:0021255729
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 251
SP - 2231
EP - 2235
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 17
ER -