Preventing playground injuries: Injury Prevention Committee Canadian Paediatric Society

Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Fuselli, Pamela ^a   Yanchar, Natalie L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CAREGIVER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FATALITY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; JOINT DISLOCATION; LIMB FRACTURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARENT; PLAY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK; STANDARD; WOUND;

EID: 84864917154     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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