External auditory canal exostoses in white water kayakers

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-147

  Cooper, A ^a   Tong, R ^a   Neil, R ^a   Owens, D ^b   Tomkinson, A ^b  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EAR DISEASE; EXOSTOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SPORT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EAR CANAL; EAR DISEASES; EXOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPORTS;

EID: 76949103629     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.048157     Document Type: Article

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