Traumatic injuries among university students in Finland

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-24

  Sane, Juha ^a   Ylipaavalniemi, Pekka ^a   Turtola, Lauri ^a   Niemi, Timo ^a   Laaka, Ville ^a  

^a Finnish Student Health Service   (Finland)

Author keywords

Injuries; Trauma; University students

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FINLAND; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORT;

EID: 0030742059     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448489709595582     Document Type: Article

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