Rural sports and recreational injuries in Australia: What do we know?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-158

  Finch, Caroline ^a   Mahoney, Mary ^b   Townsend, Mardie ^b   Zazryn, Tsharni ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active recreation; Injury; Rural communities; Sport

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0141670327     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1584.2003.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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