Are current playground safety standards adequate for preventing arm fractures?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 562-565

  Sherker, Shauna ^a   Ozanne Smith, Joan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 3042847522     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06092.x     Document Type: Article

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