Children at play: The death and injury pattern in New South Wales, Australia, July 1990 - June 1994

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 572-577

  Lam, L T ^a   Ross, F I ^a   Cass, D T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child development; Epidemiology; Injury prevention; Play injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032752366     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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