A Wii problem

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 501-502

  Fysh, Thomas ^a   Thompson, J F ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENURESIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LACERATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; RECREATION; SCALP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TENDINITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VIDEO GAMES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 73449111619     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090228     Document Type: Editorial

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