Spinal injuries in New Zealand rugby and rugby league - A twenty year survey

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1057, 1997, Pages 462-465

  Armour, Katherine S ^a   Clatworthy, Blair J ^b   Bean, Allan R ^c   Wells, J Elisabeth ^a   Clarke, Alan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c BURWOOD HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; NEW ZEALAND; SEASON; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NEW ZEALAND; SEASONS; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 0031565848     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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