Causes of horse-related injuries in a rural western community

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue JUNE, 1996, Pages 1103-1109

  Thompson, James M ^a,b   Von Hollen, Beverley ^a  

^a University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

^b Sundre General Hospital

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HORSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ALBERTA; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030163034     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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