Injury pattern during team handball competition in East Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-116

  Asembo, J M ^a   Wekesa, M ^b  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTUSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031853046     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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