Children falling from a height in London

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 188-191

  Keogh, S ^a   Gray, J S ^a   Kirk, C J C ^a   Coats, T J ^a   Wilson, A W ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Falls from heights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030224652     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.3.188     Document Type: Article

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