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A profile of two hundred infants who had met with an accident at home was studied. The most common type of accident observed was fall (53%). The fall was either from walker, furniture/bed, stairs, roof and from attendant's lap. Injuries due to sharp edge instruments (23%) aspiration of parts of toys, marbles, coins (11%), burns / scalds (9%) etc. were other type of accidents encountered. Most of the accidents occurred between 9 AM to 9 PM.
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