A descriptive analysis of childrens playground injuries in the United States 1990-4

Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 100-103

  Mack, Mick G ^a   Hudson, Susan ^a   Thompson, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contributing factors; Playground; Playground injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031158510     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.3.2.100     Document Type: Review

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