Cervical spinal cord injury in rugby union and rugby league: Are incidence rates declining in NSW?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-274

  Berry, Jesia G ^a   Harrison, James E ^a   Yeo, John D ^b,c   Cripps, Raymond A ^a   Stephenson, Shaun C R ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; TREND STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOTBALL; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33747149308     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00869.x     Document Type: Article

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