Head and face injuries in scholastic women's lacrosse with and without eyewear

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 938-941

  Webster, Dwight A ^a,b   Bayliss, Gene Verel ^a   Spadaro, Joseph A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Goggles; High School; Injury Rate; Periorbit; Protection; Stick

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; EYE PROTECTION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORBIT; SCALP; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RACQUET SPORTS;

EID: 0033015944     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199907000-00004     Document Type: Article

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