Equestrian injuries in New Zealand, 1993-2001: Knowledge and experience

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1182, 2003, Pages

  Northey, Glenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT INJURY; ANIMAL; FALLING; HORSE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HORSES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0642306320     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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