Summer camp injuries: A tool for safety planning at the summer camp

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 54-61

  Papageorgiou, Panagiota ^a   Mavromatis, George ^a   Kosta, George ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Camp injuries; Injury characteristics; Injury surveillance; Injury typology; Multivariate analysis; Pupil injuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024177721     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2006.9674454     Document Type: Article

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