Evaluation of a ski and snowboard injury prevention program

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-18

  Cusimano, Michael ^a   Luong, Wilson P ^a   Faress, Ahmed ^a   Leroux, Timothy ^b   Russell, Kelly ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

educational intervention; injury prevention; program evaluation; skiing; snowboarding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; TEACHING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SKIING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 84875145427     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2011.648677     Document Type: Article

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