Boarder belly: Splenic injuries resulting from ski and snowboarding accidents

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-162

  Geddes, Ross ^a   Irish, Kevin ^a  

^a LIONS GATE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Skiing; Snowboarding; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; JUMPING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIING; SPLEEN INJURY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

EID: 17844404234     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00706.x     Document Type: Review

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