Epidemiology of in-line skate injuries: State of the art;Epidemiologie des traumatismes a in-line skate: Etat des connaissances

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-280

  Thevenod C ^a   Lironi, A ^b   Le Coultre, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; In line skate; Injury; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM INJURY; FRACTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SPORT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WRIST INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKATING; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0034201734     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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