A survey of injuries among broadway performers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-80

  Evans, Randolph W ^a,c   Evans, Richard I ^b   Carvajal, Scott ^b   Perry, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030049927     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.1.77     Document Type: Article

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