Trends and patterns of playground injuries in United States children and adolescents

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 227-233

  Phelan, Kieran J ^a   Khoury, Jane ^a   Kalkwarf, Heidi J ^a   Lanphear, Bruce P ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Injury; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; Playground falls; Population specific rates; Prevalence; Trends; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREVALENCE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035411504     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2001)001<0227:TAPOPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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