Childhood falls from playground equipment resulting in admission to hospital: descriptive epidemiology

D.J. Chalmers; J.D. Langley

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Childhood falls from playground equipment resulting in admission to hospital: descriptive epidemiology

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Childhood falls from playground equipment resulting in admission to hospital: descriptive epidemiology

D.J. Chalmers and J.D. Langley

Safety in the Built Environment: Contributions to the 2nd International Conference on Safety in the Built Environment, Portsmouth, England, 13-15 July 1988

2nd International Conference on Safety in the Built Environment

1988

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/15069

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injuries

injury prevention

accident prevention

playground equipment

safety

hospitalisation

epidemiology

This paper describes a study of injuries resulting from falls from playground equipment based on the New Zealand National Health Statistics (1984) files. The evidence, nature and severity of injuries, circumstances of injury and age variations are described and discussed.

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Record Identifier: 9926478938301891
Title: Childhood falls from playground equipment resulting in admission to hospital: descriptive epidemiology
Creators: D.J. Chalmers
J.D. Langley
Contributors: J. Sime (Editor)
Publication Details: Safety in the Built Environment: Contributions to the 2nd International Conference on Safety in the Built Environment, Portsmouth, England, 13-15 July 1988
Conference: 2nd International Conference on Safety in the Built Environment
Academic Unit: Psychology; Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit (DMHDRU)
Publisher: E. & F.N. Spon
Date published ; e-published: 1988
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