Citation

Forjuoh SN, Little D, Schuchmann JA, Lane BL. Arch. Dis. Child. 2003; 88(1): 18-19.

Affiliation

Department of Family Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Scott, Sherwood and Brindley Foundation, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA. sforjuoh@swmail.sw.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12495951

PMCID

PMC1719266

Abstract

Parental knowledge of their students' backpack weight and contents was assessed by identifying 188 students who carried backpacks weighing at least 10% of their body weights through a survey of 745 students in three elementary schools. Most parents (96%) had never checked their child's backpack weight; 34% had never checked the backpack contents.

Language: en