Preventing serious fall injury in children (2): Falls involving furniture, skateboards and scooters
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چکیده
Three child fall issues have been selected by VISU for special focus because of the major contribution they make to serious fall injury, and their preventability: (1) playground equipment fall injury (26% of fall injury hospital admissions); (2) furniture-related fall injury: chairs, beds, tables and other furniture (11%); and (3) fall injury involving ice skates, skis, roller skates, skateboards and scooters (10%) concentrating on the two largest problems, fall injuries related to skateboards and scooters.
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