Injuries among skiers and snowboarders in Quebec

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-286

  Hagel, Brent E ^a,b   Goulet, Claude ^c   Platt, Robert W ^a   Pless, I Barry ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Safety Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; THORAX INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIING; THORACIC INJURIES;

EID: 3142698564     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000120044.62029.b4     Document Type: Article

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