Head injuries related to sports and recreation activities in school-age children and adolescents: Data from a referral centre in Victoria, Australia: Paediatric Emergency Medicine

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-61

  Crowe, Louise M ^a,b   Anderson, Vicki ^a,b,c   Catroppa, Cathy ^a,b   Babl, Franz E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Rules football; Head injury; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HEAD INJURY; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECREATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VICTORIA;

EID: 77049097191     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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