Injury risk from popular childhood physical activities: Results from an Australian primary school cohort

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 390-394

  Spinks, A B ^a,b   Macpherson, A K ^c   Bain, C ^b   McClure, R J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TENNIS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUEENSLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCCER; TENNIS;

EID: 33846142495     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.011502     Document Type: Article

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