Strategies for playground injury prevention: An overview of a playground project

American Journal of Health Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-192

  Olsen, Heather ^a   Hudson, Susan D ^a   Thompson, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 85007347492     PISSN: 19325037     EISSN: 21683751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2010.10598861     Document Type: Article

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