Prevention of head injuries in skiing
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Skiing and snowboarding injuries.
OBJECTIVE To critically examine the literature on skiing and snowboarding injuries in children and adolescents. DATA SOURCES Searched English language articles from: Medline, SPORTDiscus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Current Contents, and HealthSTAR. The table of contents for Ski Trauma and Skiing Safety Series published by the American Society for Testing and Mat...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.20.3.98-a