Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 98-103 , January 2007

Five year analysis of Jockey Club horse-related injuries presenting to a trauma centre in Hong Kong

  • Veronica W.T. Yim

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
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  • Janice H.H. Yeung

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
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  • Paulina S.K. Mak

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Colin A. Graham

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +852 2632 1033; fax: +852 2648 1469.
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  • Paul B.S. Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • Timothy H. Rainer

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

,Accepted 14 August 2006.

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☆ This paper was presented in poster format at the Scientific Symposium of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine in Hong Kong on 28–29 October 2005.

PII: S0020-1383(06)00496-7

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.08.026

Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 98-103 , January 2007

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