The impact of community-built playgrounds on the community

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages

  Daniels, Dawn Marie ^a   Johnson, Estell Lenita ^b  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Injury Free Coalition for Kids   (United States)

Author keywords

Community impact; Community built playgrounds; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RECREATION; SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHILD; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70350457548     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181ac1400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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