Epidemiology of children's individual sports injuries: An important area of medicine and sport science research

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 48, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-7

  Caine, Dennis ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; GROWTH; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SAFETY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; GROWTH; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SAFETY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 33644655231     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000084274     Document Type: Article

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