Communicating the risk of injury in schoolboy rugby: Using Poisson probability as an alternative presentation of the epidemiology

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 611-613

  Parekh, Nikesh ^a   Hodges, Stewart D ^b   Pollock, Allyson M ^c   Kirkwood, Graham ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FOOTBALL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FOOTBALL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862757573     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090431     Document Type: Article

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