Injury related risk behavior - A study of Australian skydivers

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-175

  Green, M ^a   Turner, C ^a   Purdie, D M ^b   McClure, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0043163771     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1440-2440(03)80252-9     Document Type: Article

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