Surface characteristics, equipment height, and the occurrence and severity of playground injuries

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-40

  Laforest, Sophie ^a   Robitaille, Y ^a   Lesage, D ^a   Dorval, D ^a  

^a Montreal Public Health Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Play equipment; Playground injuries; Surface resilience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035287943     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.1.35     Document Type: Article

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