DBRFs are extremely rare, and because research indicates that they are largely preventable and may disproportionately affect children, there has been a push to better understand the circumstances and variables that contribute to such incidents.
This paper covers a small retrospective study of 11 DBRFs in Kentucky between 1991-2005.
This paper reported on DBRFs for a two-year period (1974-1975) in the U.S.
This paper is a case study of a single DBRF.
This paper examined DBRFs in Canada from 1990-2007.
This early paper reported on DBRFs between 1975-1980.
The paper covers DBRFs in the U.S. from 1979–1988.
This paper examined 238 DBRFs over a 20-year period (1979-1998) in the U.S.
This paper reported on DBRFs in the U.S. covering 1989-1994.
This paper covers a 10-year period (2000-2009) of all DBRFs across the entire U.S., and employs the most comprehensive methodology and scope in the literature.