The epidemiology of injury among surfers, kite surfers and personal watercraft riders: Wind and waves

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-97

  Pikora, Terri J ^a   Braham, Rebecca ^a   Mills, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEG; RISK FACTOR; SEA; SPORT INJURY; TSUNAMI; WIND;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOWER EXTREMITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK FACTORS; TIDAL WAVES; WIND;

EID: 84893188181     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000338583     Document Type: Article

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