Age, side height, and spindle shape of the crib in climbing over the side

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART I, 1997, Pages 667-674

  Ridenour, Marcella V ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS;

EID: 0031252820     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.2.667     Document Type: Article

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