School playground surfacing and arm fractures in children: A cluster randomized trial comparing sand to wood chip surfaces

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Howard, Andrew W ^a   Macarthur, Colin ^b   Rothman, Linda ^a   Willan, Andrew ^a   Macpherson, Alison K ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXPOSURE; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GRANITE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAND; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOOD CHIP; ARM INJURY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOOD;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARM INJURIES; CANADA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOOD;

EID: 74049164211     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000195     Document Type: Article

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