Monkey Bars are for Monkeys: A Study on Playground Equipment Related Extremity Fractures in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-13

  Mahadev, Arjandas ^a   Soon, M Y H ^b   Lam, K S ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Extremity fractures; Monkey bars; Paediatric fractures; Playground; Supracondylar

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; PLAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 1642378569     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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