Prevention and Management of Physical and Social Environment Risk Factors for Sports-Related Injuries

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-153

  Kerr, Zachary Y ^a   Roos, Karen G ^a   Schmidt, Julianne D ^a   Marshall, Stephen W ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

environment; injury; playing surface; sports; temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871294660     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: 15598284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827612450683     Document Type: Review

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