Military parachuting injuries in Brazil

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 897-900

  Neves, Eduardo Borba ^a   de Souza, Márcio Nogueira ^a   de Almeida, Renan Moritz Varnier Rodrigues ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Injuries; Military parachuting; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AERONAUTICAL SPORT; AIRCRAFT; ANKLE INJURY; ARMY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARACHUTIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AVIATION; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650131367     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.136     Document Type: Article

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