Injury
Volume 41, Issue 8 , Pages 834-838 , August 2010

The epidemiology of sports-related fractures in adolescents

  • Alexander M. Wood

      Affiliations

    • Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Greg A. Robertson

      Affiliations

    • University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Louise Rennie

      Affiliations

    • Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Benjamin C. Caesar

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of North Staffordshire, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Charles M. Court-Brown

      Affiliations

    • Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0131 242 3516; fax: +44 0131 660 4227.

,Accepted 7 April 2010.

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PII: S0020-1383(10)00260-3

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.04.008

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