Rugby and cervical spine injuries - has anything changed? A 5-year review in the Western Cape

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 235-238

  Dunn, Robert Neil ^a   van der Spuy, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUGBY; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEPHONE;

EID: 77950382461     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.3489     Document Type: Article

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