Evaluation of Safety Balls and Faceguards for Prevention of Injuries in Youth Baseball

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 568-574

  Marshall, Stephen W ^a,b   Mueller, Frederick O ^b,c   Kirby, Daniel P ^d   Yang, Jingzhen ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Little League Baseball Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CHILD; DATA BASE; FACE INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SPORT INJURY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FACIAL INJURIES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0037419941     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.5.568     Document Type: Article

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