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- 2018
USE OF UNSAFE TEETHING REMEDIES IN A MID-SIZE CITY: A SURVEYAbstract: Various remedies are available to parents for relieving teething symptoms in their infants and toddlers. Some remedies, such as amber necklaces, have no evidence of their efficacy, yet are being widely marketed and increasingly used across North America. On the contrary, teething necklaces are unsafe, corroborated by recent reports of suffocation accidents and death attributed to their use. There is no published literature on the prevalence of teething remedies and what may determine parents’ choices
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