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Posts by Elizabeth D. Willsey, MD

Improving Safety in Surfing

Sep 19, 2020 ~ Written by Elizabeth D. Willsey, MD

Surfing is a widely enjoyed sport, with participants both at the recreational and professional level, and is gaining popularity worldwide.1 There are an estimated 37 million surfers worldwide, which includes 2.7 million surfers in the United States (2015), 2.3 million surfers in Australia (2013), and 500,000 surfers in the […]

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