Initial assessment of children's ability to climb stair guarding

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 331-337

  Riley, J E ^a   Roys, M S ^a   Cayless, S M ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building Regulations; Children; Climbing; Home; Stair guarding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BUILDING; CLIMBING; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAFETY; STRENGTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032452697     PISSN: 02640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409811800611     Document Type: Article

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