Marathon medical services: Strategies to reduce runner morbidity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1093-1096

  Crouse, Byron ^a   Beattie, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DISTANCE RUNNING; HALF MARATHON; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; ODDS RATIOS; RUNNER SAFETY; STARTING TIME; WEATHER

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BLISTER; DEHYDRATION; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MARATHON RUNNER; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE CRAMP; SAFETY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 0029788507     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199609000-00003     Document Type: Article

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