Wrist guards and wrist and elbow injury in snowboarders

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 412-

  Slaney, Graham M ^a   Finn, Judith C ^b   Cook, Angus ^b   Weinstein, Philip ^b  

^a Mansfield Medical Clinic   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK REDUCTION; SKIING; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; WRIST GUARD; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 55449122541     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02098.x     Document Type: Letter

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