Injuries from paintball game related activities in the United States, 1997-2001

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 139-143

  Conn, J M ^a   Annest, J L ^a   Gilchrist, J ^a   Ryan, G W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EYE INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OVEREXERTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; SAMPLE; UNITED STATES; WOUND; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EXERCISE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SEX RATIO;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EXERTION; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 4344598763     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.004101     Document Type: Article

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