Survey of injuries among West End performers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 585-593

  Evans, Randolph W ^a,d   Evans, Richard I ^b   Carvajal, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Educ Train and Research Associates   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actors; Dancers; Injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOREOGRAPHY; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; NECK INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE INJURY;

EID: 0031875479     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.9.585     Document Type: Article

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