A model lightning safety policy for athletics

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-253

  Bennett, Brian L ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental hazards; Policies and procedures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003207748     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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