The London 2012 summer Olympic games: An analysis of usage of the Olympic village 'Polyclinic' by competing athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 415-419

  Vanhegan, Ivor S ^a   Palmer Green, Debbie ^b   Soligard, Torbjørn ^c   Steffen, Kathrin ^c,d   O'Connor, Philip ^e   Bethapudi, Sarath ^e   Budgett, Richard ^c   Haddad, Fares S ^a   Engebretsen, Lars ^c,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c International Olympic Committee   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84876229635     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092325     Document Type: Article

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