Prevention of pediatric sports injuries

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 337-343

  Demorest, Rebecca A ^a,b   Landry, Gregory L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84975707785     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00149619-200312000-00010     Document Type: Article

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