This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (1)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Otolaryngologists have long been involved in influencing social policy. Through his extensive efforts, Chevalier Jackson, MD, helped to enact the Federal Caustic Act of 1927.¹ Despite such changes in federal law, Jackson spent much of his career treating asphyxiation due to foreign body aspiration. Today, foreign body aspiration remains the most important—and preventable—cause of accidental death in infants younger than 1 year.² In the United States, nearly 3000 deaths are attributable to foreign body aspiration each year.³

Clearly, the prevention of foreign body aspiration is better than treatment after the fact. Toward this end, most toys have a recommended age limit because young children tend to put things in their mouths. It seems foolhardy then to make candy that looks the same as common toys. Yet, at a recent visit to a local supermarket, we found a whole bin of candy that looks similar to toy building blocks (LEGO blocks; . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Lychee-Flavored Gel Candies: A Potentially Lethal Snack for Infants and Children
Seidel and Gausche-Hill
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2002;156:1120-1122.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT