An analysis of skiing and snowboarding injuries on Utah slopes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1022-1026

  Wasden, Chad C ^a   McIntosh, Scott E ^a   Keith, David S ^b   McCowan, Christy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Ski; Skiing; Snowboard; Snowboarding; Trauma; Winter Sports

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES; ARM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMUR FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INJURY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIING; THORACIC INJURIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; UPPER EXTREMITY; UTAH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649095551     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b0d559     Document Type: Article

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