Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 304-308 , May 2010

Counting organised sport injury cases: Evidence of incomplete capture from routine hospital collections

  • Rebecca Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Caroline Finch

      Affiliations

    • School of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, University of Ballarat, Australia
    • ,
  • Soufiane Boufous

      Affiliations

    • The George Institute for International Health, University of Sydney, Australia

Received 18 December 2008 ,Revised 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 30 April 2009.

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PII: S1440-2440(09)00102-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.04.003

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 304-308 , May 2010

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