The epidemiology of achilles tendon rupture in a Danish county

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 651-654

  Houshian, Shirzad ^a   Tscherning, Thomas ^a   Riegels Nielsen, Per ^a  

^a D   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032420976     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00147-8     Document Type: Article

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