Severity of playground-related fractures: More than just playground factors?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 221-226

  Lam, Kai Yet ^a   Sumanth Kumar, Gera ^a   Mahadev, Arjandas ^a  

^a Department of Women's Anaesthesia   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fractures; Pediatric; Playground injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875321234     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318288098d     Document Type: Article

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