Towards evidence-informed sports safety policy for New South Wales, Australia: Assessing the readiness of the sector

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-131

  Poulos, R ^a   Donaldson, A ^b   Finch, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STANDARD; ATHLETIC INJURIES; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SPORTS;

EID: 77955292250     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.021386     Document Type: Article

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