The fair sex? Foul play among female rugby players

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-110

  Comstock, R D ^a   Fields, S K ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUGBY; SAFETY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17444401763     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1440-2440(05)80030-1     Document Type: Article

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