Skiing and snowboarding injuries

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 48, Issue , 2005, Pages 74-119

  Hagel, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; WINTER SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIING; SNOW SPORTS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33644657898     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000084284     Document Type: Review

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