Predictors of injury among adult recreational in-line skaters: A multicity study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 238-241

  Seldes, Richard M ^a   Grisso, Jeane A ^d   Pavell, Jeff R ^b   Berlin, Jesse A ^d   Tan, Virak ^a   Bowman, Brock ^c   Kinman, Judith L ^d   Fitzgerald Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Silverstein Pavilion ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 0033017032     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.2.238     Document Type: Article

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