Patterns of lower limb fractures sustained during snowsports in Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1316, 2010, Pages 20-25

  Patton, Alistair ^a   Bourne, Jim ^b   Theis, Jean Claude ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIING; TIBIA FRACTURE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIBULA; INJURY SCALE; LEG INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATELLA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIBIAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIING; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953518523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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