Protective headgear in rugby union

Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 333-337

  Wilson, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; AGGRESSION; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONCUSSION; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; LACERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RUGBY; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SKULL FRACTURE; SPORT;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 0031745667     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199825050-00005     Document Type: Short Survey

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