Injury rates in team sport events: Tackling challenges in assessing exposure time

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 960-963

  Stovitz, Steven D ^a   Shrier, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868193041     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090693     Document Type: Review

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