Rock Climbing Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments in the U.S., 1990-2007

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Nelson, Nicolas G ^a   McKenzie, Lara B ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUIPMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVEREXERTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK CLIMBING; SPRAIN; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149144282     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.04.025     Document Type: Article

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