@article{ref1,
title="Injuries to the hand and wrist. a study of 50,272 injuries",
journal="Journal of hand surgery (British volume)",
year="1993",
author="Angermann, P. and Lohmann, M.",
volume="18",
number="5",
pages="642-644",
abstract="This study reports the causes, characteristics and treatment of injuries to the hand and wrist presented to five accident and emergency departments in a 2-year survey of 13% of the Danish population. The rate of injury to the hand or wrist was 28.6% of all injuries, or 3.7 per 100,000 inhabitants per year. 34% of the accidents were domestic, 35% were leisure accidents, 26% were occupational and 5% were traffic accidents. Only 2% of the patients were admitted to hospital for further treatment or observation and 13% were referred to a hospital as outpatients. The most frequent causes for admission were fractures (42%), tendon lesions (29%) and wounds (12%).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0266-7681",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}