Language matters: unintentional strangulation, strangulation activity, and the "choking game"

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Jan;163(1):93-4. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.517.

Authors

Kenneth A Katz¹, Robin L Toblin

Affiliation

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS F-62, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.

PMID: 19124713
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.517

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Airway Obstruction / mortality*
Airway Obstruction / psychology
Cause of Death*
Child
Euphoria*
Female
Humans
Hypoxia, Brain / mortality
Hypoxia, Brain / physiopathology
Incidence
Language
Male
Recreation*
Risk-Taking