Personal protective equipment use by in-line skaters in Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-184

  Sherker, Shauna ^a   Cassell, Erin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATION; PERSONAL MONITOR; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SKATING; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035020163     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2001.tb01842.x     Document Type: Article

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