How effective are brakes on infant walkers?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 1051-1057

  Ridenour, Marcella V ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031157716     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3.1051     Document Type: Article

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