School Playground Surfacing and Arm Fractures in Children: A Cluster Randomized Trial Comparing Sand to Wood Chip Surfaces

BACKGROUND: The risk of playground injuries, especially fractures, is prevalent in children, and can result in emergency room treatment and hospital admissions. Fall height and surface area are major determinants of playground fall injury risk. The primary objective was to determine if there was a d...

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Autores principales: Howard, Andrew W., Macarthur, Colin, Rothman, Linda, Willan, Andrew, Macpherson, Alison K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000195

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000195

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